Where does “rakettimoottori” come from?

rakettimoottori (Finnish) comes from Finnish raketti, from Swedish raket, from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

rakettimoottori (Finnish): rocket engine

Definitions

  1. rocket engine

Ancestry of “rakettimoottori”, step by step

rakettimoottori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raketti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakettirocket; firework
2Swedishraketa rocket
3GermanRaketerocket, missile
4Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
5Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
6Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
7English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
8Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
9Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
10Latin-ātused
11Proto-Italic-ātos
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Finnish moottori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
2Swedishmotorengine, motor
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto