Where does “polttokennoauto” come from?

polttokennoauto (Finnish) comes from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

polttokennoauto (Finnish): fuel cell electric vehicle, fuel cell vehicle

Definitions

  1. fuel cell electric vehicle, fuel cell vehicle

Ancestry of “polttokennoauto”, step by step

polttokennoauto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishautocar, automobile
2Finnishautomobiiliautomobile, car
3Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
4Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
5Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
6Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Finnish polttokenno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttokennofuel cell
2Finnishpolttoburn, burning; burn; incineration
3Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
4Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
5Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
6Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe