Where does “taistelupanssarivaunu” come from?

taistelupanssarivaunu (Finnish) comes from Finnish panssarivaunu, from German Panzerwagen, from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg — to bring; to transport.

taistelupanssarivaunu (Finnish): A main battle tank

Definitions

  1. A main battle tank

Ancestry of “taistelupanssarivaunu”, step by step

taistelupanssarivaunu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish panssarivaunu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpanssarivaunuA tank
2GermanPanzerwagenarmoured car
3Germanwägento weigh something
4Middle High Germanwāgen—
5Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
6Middle Low Germanwāgewave
7Old Saxonwagwave
8Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
9Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Finnish taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →