Where does “porakone” come from?

porakone (Finnish) comes from Finnish pora, from Swedish borr, from Old Norse bǫrr, from Proto-Germanic barwaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰorwos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰor- — to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...

porakone (Finnish): power drill

Definitions

  1. power drill

Ancestry of “porakone”, step by step

porakone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishporadrill
2Swedishborrdrill
3Old Norsebǫrrman; a kind of tree
4Proto-Germanicbarwazconiferous forest; pinewood; wood; grove
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰorwos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰor-to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

Words derived from “porakone”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰor- →