Where does “rekisteritonni” come from?
rekisteritonni (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.
rekisteritonni (Finnish): register ton unit of capacity
Definitions
- register ton unit of capacity
Ancestry of “rekisteritonni”, step by step
rekisteritonni 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 rekisteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rekisteri | register; registrar |
| 2 | Swedish | register | a register, a list, an index, a catalog, a... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | register | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | registrum | A register; a book in which things are recorded |
| 5 | Latin | regesta | nominative feminine singular of regestus;... |
| 6 | Latin | regerere | second-person singular imperfect passive... |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |