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Where does “ponttonisilta” come from?

ponttonisilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish ponttoni, from French ponton, from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere — to shine, shimmer.

ponttonisilta (Finnish): pontoon bridge

Definitions

  1. pontoon bridge

Ancestry of “ponttonisilta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishponttonipontoon
2Frenchpontonpontoon
3Middle Frenchponton—
4Old Frenchponton—
5Latinpontō—
6Latinpōns—
7Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
8Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latinfrangō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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