Where does “passiivitalo” come from?

passiivitalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish passiivi, from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

passiivitalo (Finnish): passive house

Definitions

  1. passive house

Ancestry of “passiivitalo”, step by step

passiivitalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish passiivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpassiivipassive voice; fourth person
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Finnish talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →