Where does “sähköparisto” come from?
sähköparisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish paristo, from Finnish pari, from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen — I piss.
sähköparisto (Finnish): battery device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances
Definitions
- battery device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances
Ancestry of “sähköparisto”, step by step
sähköparisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paristo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paristo | battery |
| 2 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 3 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 4 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 5 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 6 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 7 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 8 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 9 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 11 | Latin | pissio | I piss |