Where does “tvåtaktsmotor” come from?
tvåtaktsmotor (Swedish) comes from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
tvåtaktsmotor (Swedish): two-stroke engine
Definitions
- two-stroke engine
Ancestry of “tvåtaktsmotor”, step by step
tvåtaktsmotor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish motor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 2 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Swedish tvåtakt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tvåtakt | — |