My favourite one of those is https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%B6lva : computer, from "number-witch".
Referenced in the game Signal From Tolva, and the essay "Hexing the Technical Interview".
Referenced in the game Signal From Tolva, and the essay "Hexing the Technical Interview".
“Vél” (machine) has an amazing history. It’s from the same roots as wheel, wile (as in cunning), and will. And some other proto-indo-european words that carry connotations of prophecy and bending the world to one’s will through divination and cunning and guile, and consecrating it to holiness. You know, with machines. Vélar. Crafted from thought and understanding of the deeper layers of the world.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A9l#Etymology_2