Where does “ydinvoimalaitos” come from?

ydinvoimalaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimalaitos, from Finnish laitos, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ydinvoimalaitos (Finnish): nuclear power plant

Definitions

  1. nuclear power plant

Ancestry of “ydinvoimalaitos”, step by step

ydinvoimalaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voimalaitos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimalaitospower plant
2Finnishlaitosinstitution; faculty; facility
3Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
4Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish ydin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishydincore, kernel, the central part of something;...
2FriulianUdinUdine
3Arabicالدِّين—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic laittadak →