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Where does “porauslautta” come from?

porauslautta (Finnish) comes from Finnish poraus, from Finnish porata, 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;...

porauslautta (Finnish): drilling rig

Definitions

  1. drilling rig

Ancestry of “porauslautta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishporausdrilling; crying
2Finnishporatato drill, bore; to bore out; to wallbang
3Finnishporadrill
4Swedishborrdrill
5Old Norsebǫrrman; a kind of tree
6Proto-Germanicbarwazconiferous forest; pinewood; wood; grove
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰorwos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰor-to hum, buzz; coniferous forest; to protrude;...
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