Where does “painovoima-aalto” come from?
painovoima-aalto (Finnish) comes from Finnish aalto, from Proto-Finnic alto, from Proto-Germanic aldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰō(n), from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰu- — trough, canoe.
painovoima-aalto (Finnish): gravitational wave
Definitions
- gravitational wave
Ancestry of “painovoima-aalto”, step by step
painovoima-aalto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aalto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aalto | wave; outbreak |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | alto | wave |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aldǭ | trough, hollow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Holdʰō(n) | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Holdʰu- | trough, canoe |
via Finnish painovoima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painovoima | gravity |
| 2 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |