Where does “pientonnisto” come from?
pientonnisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tonnisto, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ — to stretch, string; to cut.
pientonnisto (Finnish): low tonnage
Definitions
- low tonnage
Ancestry of “pientonnisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tonnisto | tonnage |
| 2 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 3 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 4 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 5 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 6 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 7 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 9 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |