Where does “grillauspihdit” come from?

grillauspihdit (Finnish) comes from Finnish grillaus, from Finnish grillata, from Finnish grilli, from English grill, from English griller, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.

grillauspihdit (Finnish): barbecue tongs

Definitions

  1. barbecue tongs

Ancestry of “grillauspihdit”, step by step

grillauspihdit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish grillaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgrillausgrilling
2Finnishgrillatato grill, barbecue, broil; to interrogate, grill
3Finnishgrilligrill, barbeque, barbecue; grill room, grillroom,...
4EnglishgrillA grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material...
5EnglishgrillerOne who, or that which, grills; Food suitable for...
6English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
7Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
8Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
9Latin-ārefirst conjugation
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish pihdit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihditpliers; tongs; forceps
2Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
3Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
4Proto-Finno-Permicpište
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti