Where does “tyhjennysventtiili” come from?
tyhjennysventtiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish venttiili, from Swedish ventil, from German Ventil, from Latin ventilō, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti — to blow.
tyhjennysventtiili (Finnish): discharge valve, drain valve, emptying valve
Definitions
- discharge valve, drain valve, emptying valve
Ancestry of “tyhjennysventtiili”, step by step
tyhjennysventtiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish venttiili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | venttiili | valve |
| 2 | Swedish | ventil | valve; air inlet or outlet; porthole, a round... |
| 3 | German | Ventil | valve |
| 4 | Latin | ventilō | to toss, swing, brandish in the air |
| 5 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
via Finnish tyhjennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tyhjennys | emptying; exhaustion; clearance |
| 2 | Finnish | tyhjentää | to empty, exhaust; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | tyhjä | empty; blank; void |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tühjä | empty |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tuskjas | empty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tews- | to be empty; to drain; to be happy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tu- | to swell; bird-cry, shriek |