Where does “tehopainosuhde” come from?

tehopainosuhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tehopainosuhde (Finnish): power-weight ratio, power-mass ratio

Definitions

  1. power-weight ratio, power-mass ratio

Ancestry of “tehopainosuhde”, step by step

tehopainosuhde traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish suhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhdeproportion, ratio; relationship, affair; attitude
2Finnishsuhtaratio, proportion
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-
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