Where does “turvebriketti” come from?

turvebriketti (Finnish) comes from Finnish briketti, from French briquette, from French brique, from Middle Low German bricke, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

turvebriketti (Finnish): peat briquette

Definitions

  1. peat briquette

Ancestry of “turvebriketti”, step by step

turvebriketti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish briketti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbrikettibriquette/briquet
2Frenchbriquettea small brick
3Frenchbriquebrick; carton box; ten thousand French francs
4Middle Low Germanbricke—
5Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
6Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Finnish turve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturvepeat, turf
2Proto-Finnicturbehturf, peat
3Hungariantürbeturbe
4Ottoman Turkishتربهtomb, mausoleum
5Arabicتُرْبَة—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →