Where does “terawatti” come from?

terawatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish terä, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

terawatti (Finnish): terawatt

Definitions

  1. terawatt

Ancestry of “terawatti”, step by step

terawatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
2Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
3Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

via Finnish watti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwattiwatt
2EnglishWattWatt, a king of Sussex
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Finnish terä →