Where does “röntgenkone” come from?

röntgenkone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kone, from Proto-Finnic koneh — magic.

röntgenkone (Finnish): X-ray machine

Definitions

  1. X-ray machine

Ancestry of “röntgenkone”, step by step

röntgenkone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kone

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

via Finnish röntgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishröntgenA röntgen, roentgen; X-ray
Every word from Proto-Finnic koneh