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Where does “trukki” come from?

trukki (Finnish) comes from English truck, from English truckle, from Middle English trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea, from Ancient Greek τροχιλία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

trukki (Finnish): A forklift or other similar industrial vehicle...

Definitions

  1. A forklift or other similar industrial vehicle...

Ancestry of “trukki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtruckA small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel...
2EnglishtruckleA small wheel; a caster or pulley; A small wheel...
3Middle Englishtrokel—
4Anglo-Normantrocle—
5Medieval Latintrochleaa block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys;...
6Ancient Greekτροχιλία—
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “trukki”

  • haarukkatrukki
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