Where does “sähkölämmitin” come from?
sähkölämmitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sähkö, from Finnish sähähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.
sähkölämmitin (Finnish): electrical heater
Definitions
- electrical heater
Ancestry of “sähkölämmitin”, step by step
sähkölämmitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sähkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sähkö | electricity |
| 2 | Finnish | sähähtää | to sizzle |
| 3 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |
via Finnish lämmitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämmitin | heater; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | lämmittää | to warm, heat, heat up; to reheat |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lämbittädäk | to warm, to heat |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lämbin | warm |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | lämpe | — |