Where does “hajasaantimuisti” come from?

hajasaantimuisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish hajasaanti, from Finnish saanti, from Finnish saada, from Proto-Finnic saadak, from Proto-Uralic saxe-, from Proto-Indo-European seǵʰ- — to hold; to overpower.

hajasaantimuisti (Finnish): random access memory

Definitions

  1. random access memory

Ancestry of “hajasaantimuisti”, step by step

hajasaantimuisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hajasaanti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhajasaantirandom access
2Finnishsaantisupply, yield; recall
3Finnishsaadato get, receive; to afford; usually in passive;...
4Proto-Finnicsaadakto get, to receive
5Proto-Uralicsaxe-to get; to arrive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseǵʰ-to hold; to overpower

via Finnish muisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuistimemory; Third-person singular past form of...
2Finnishmuistaato remember, recall, recollect; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Uralic saxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic saadak
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