Where does “vaihtovirtalaturi” come from?
vaihtovirtalaturi (Finnish) comes from Finnish laturi, from Finnish ladata, from Swedish ladda, from Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.
vaihtovirtalaturi (Finnish): alternator
Definitions
- alternator
Ancestry of “vaihtovirtalaturi”, step by step
vaihtovirtalaturi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laturi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laturi | charger; alternator |
| 2 | Finnish | ladata | to load; to charge; to download |
| 3 | Swedish | ladda | to load; to charge |
| 4 | Old Norse | hlaða | to load, to lade; to pile, to stack; to build... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hlaþaną | to load |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂- | to put; to lay out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |
via Finnish vaihtovirta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtovirta | alternating current |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |