Where does “digitaalinauhuri” come from?

digitaalinauhuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish digitaalinen, from Latin digitālis, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

digitaalinauhuri (Finnish): digital recorder

Definitions

  1. digital recorder

Ancestry of “digitaalinauhuri”, step by step

digitaalinauhuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish digitaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdigitaalinendigital
2LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Finnish nauhuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauhurirecorder
2Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
3Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Latin digitus →Every word from Latin digitālis →