Where does “rannikkopatteri” come from?
rannikkopatteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish patteri, from Swedish batteri, from French batterie, from Dutch batterij, from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
rannikkopatteri (Finnish): coastal battery
Definitions
- coastal battery
Ancestry of “rannikkopatteri”, step by step
rannikkopatteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish patteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | patteri | battery; non-rechargeable electrical battery;... |
| 2 | Swedish | batteri | battery, accumulator; battery |
| 3 | French | batterie | battery; percussion, drum kit, battery/batterie;... |
| 4 | Dutch | batterij | battery, tactical artillery unit; electrical... |
| 5 | Middle French | batterie | battery |
| 6 | Old French | baterie | action of beating |
| 7 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 8 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish rannikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rannikko | coast |
| 2 | Finnish | Ranta | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | ranta | shore; beach; bank |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ranta | shore, coast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strandō | edge; rim; shore, strand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)trAnt- | strand, border, field |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |