Where does “handsfree-toiminto” come from?
handsfree-toiminto (Finnish) comes from English handsfree, from English hands, from English hand, from Middle English hond, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand — hand.
handsfree-toiminto (Finnish): hands-free feature
Definitions
- hands-free feature
Ancestry of “handsfree-toiminto”, step by step
handsfree-toiminto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English handsfree
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | handsfree | That can be used without using the hands,... |
| 2 | English | hands | plural of hand; Third-person singular simple... |
| 3 | English | hand | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or... |
| 4 | Middle English | hond | hand; Alternative form of hound |
| 5 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 7 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 8 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 9 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Finnish toiminto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toiminto | feature; function |
| 2 | Finnish | toimia | to work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 4 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 8 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |