Where does “robottivaihteisto” come from?
robottivaihteisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish robotti, from Czech robot, from Czech robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic orbòta, from Proto-Slavic orbъ, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
robottivaihteisto (Finnish): semi-automatic transmission
Definitions
- semi-automatic transmission
Ancestry of “robottivaihteisto”, step by step
robottivaihteisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish robotti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | robotti | robot |
| 2 | Czech | robot | robot in humanoid form |
| 3 | Czech | robota | serfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;... |
| 4 | Old Czech | robota | servitude, enslavement |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | orbòta | work |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | orbъ | servant, slave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |
via Finnish vaihteisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihteisto | transmission, gearbox |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihde | gear; switch; turn |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |