Where does “pysäköintihalli” come from?

pysäköintihalli (Finnish) comes from Finnish halli, from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα — flat.

pysäköintihalli (Finnish): parking garage US, car park UK, parkade Canada a space in or next to a building for vehicles in park in, typically with several floors

Definitions

  1. parking garage US, car park UK, parkade Canada a space in or next to a building for vehicles in park in, typically with several floors

Ancestry of “pysäköintihalli”, step by step

pysäköintihalli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhallilarge building used for sports or exhibitions,...
2Swedishhålla stop, a station; a direction; a range, a...
3Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
4Old Swedishplatz
5Old Norseplaz
6Middle Low Germanplatse
7Latinplatēabroad way, street
8Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
9Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Finnish pysäköinti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysäköintiparking
2Finnishpysäköidäto park
3Finnishpysähtääto stop by, to stop briefly; to stop
4Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
5Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
6Proto-Uralic-ašta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς