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
- pontoon bridge
Ancestry of “ponttonisilta”, step by step
ponttonisilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ponttoni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ponttoni | pontoon |
| 2 | French | ponton | pontoon |
| 3 | Middle French | ponton | — |
| 4 | Old French | ponton | — |
| 5 | Latin | pontō | ferryboat |
| 6 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 7 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 8 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |