Where does “tuulilasivakuutus” come from?
tuulilasivakuutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuulilasi, from Finnish lasi, from Swedish glas, from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
tuulilasivakuutus (Finnish): windshield insurance, windscreen insurance
Definitions
- windshield insurance, windscreen insurance
Ancestry of “tuulilasivakuutus”, step by step
tuulilasivakuutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuulilasi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuulilasi | windscreen; windshield |
| 2 | Finnish | lasi | glass; bells; ice |
| 3 | Swedish | glas | glass |
| 4 | Old Swedish | glas | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | glas | glass |
| 6 | Old Saxon | glas | glass |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | glas | glass |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | glasą | glass |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |
via Finnish vakuutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vakuutus | insurance; assurance or promise; oath of office |
| 2 | Finnish | vakuuttaa | to assert, assure, convince; to reassure; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | uuttaa | to extract; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 5 | Latin | U | — |
| 6 | Latin | V | ve |
| 7 | Etruscan | ? | u |