Where does “pukkinosturi” come from?
pukkinosturi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pukki, from Old Swedish bukker, from Old Norse bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.
pukkinosturi (Finnish): gantry crane
Definitions
- gantry crane
Ancestry of “pukkinosturi”, step by step
pukkinosturi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Pukki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Pukki | billygoat; buck male goat |
| 2 | Old Swedish | bukker | buck; battering ram |
| 3 | Old Norse | bukkr | buck |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 6 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 7 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
via Finnish nosturi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nosturi | crane mechanical lifting device |
| 2 | Finnish | nostaa | to lift, raise, elevate; to hoist; to push up |
| 3 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |