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Where does “suihkusuutin” come from?

suihkusuutin (Finnish) comes from Finnish suutin, from Navajo -TIN, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.

suihkusuutin (Finnish): spray nozzle; shower head, showerhead

Definitions

  1. spray nozzle; shower head, showerhead

Ancestry of “suihkusuutin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuutinA nozzle; A tuyere
2Navajo-TIN—
3Proto-Athabaskantənice, frost
4Persianتنbody; person; tonne
5EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
6FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
7Old Frenchtonyour
8Latintuusyour
9Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
10Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
11Polishtuhere
12Polishbyćto be
13Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
14Old Polishmóc—
15Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
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