Where does “teollisuustontti” come from?
teollisuustontti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tontti, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne — to stretch, string; to cut.
teollisuustontti (Finnish): industrial plot, industrial lot
Definitions
- industrial plot, industrial lot
Ancestry of “teollisuustontti”, step by step
teollisuustontti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tontti | parcel, plot, property |
| 2 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 3 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 4 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 7 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 8 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 10 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |