Where does “rahtitonni” come from?
rahtitonni (Finnish) comes from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.
rahtitonni (Finnish): ton/tonne of freight, freight ton/tonne
Definitions
- ton/tonne of freight, freight ton/tonne
Ancestry of “rahtitonni”, step by step
rahtitonni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tonni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 2 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 3 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Finnish rahti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rahti | freight, cargo |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vracht | freight money |
| 3 | Old Saxon | frāht | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |