Where does “viistokaikuluotain” come from?
viistokaikuluotain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaikuluotain, from Finnish luotain, from Finnish luodata, from Finnish luoti, from Old Swedish lodh, from Middle Low German lōt, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic laud — lead.
viistokaikuluotain (Finnish): side-scan sonar
Definitions
- side-scan sonar
Ancestry of “viistokaikuluotain”, step by step
viistokaikuluotain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaikuluotain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaikuluotain | A fathometer; A sonar |
| 2 | Finnish | luotain | probe |
| 3 | Finnish | luodata | to plumb, cast, fathom; to sound, fathom; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | luoti | bullet; plumb bob; unit of measure for weight... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | lodh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | lōt | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | lōd | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | laud | lead |