Where does “penkinlämmitin” come from?
penkinlämmitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish penkki, from Old Swedish bænker, from Old Norse benkr, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.
penkinlämmitin (Finnish): seat warmer
Definitions
- seat warmer
Ancestry of “penkinlämmitin”, step by step
penkinlämmitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish penkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | penkki | bench; plant bed |
| 2 | Old Swedish | bænker | bench |
| 3 | Old Norse | benkr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |
via Finnish lämmitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämmitin | heater; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | lämmittää | to warm, heat, heat up; to reheat |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lämbittädäk | to warm, to heat |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lämbin | warm |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | lämpe | — |