Where does “sähköpinnoittaa” come from?
sähköpinnoittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinnoittaa, from Finnish pinna, from Swedish pinne, from Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic penn-, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic petnā, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂r̥ — to spread out; to fly.
sähköpinnoittaa (Finnish): to electroplate
Definitions
- to electroplate
Ancestry of “sähköpinnoittaa”, step by step
sähköpinnoittaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pinnoittaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pinnoittaa | to coat, to plate, to apply a coating or surface;... |
| 2 | Finnish | pinna | spoke; tiller; sound post |
| 3 | Swedish | pinne | a stick; a short thin roughly cylindrical form of... |
| 4 | Old Norse | pinni | a pin |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | penn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |