Where does “hankauspinta” come from?

hankauspinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankaus, from Finnish hangata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

hankauspinta (Finnish): abrasive surface, abrading surface

Definitions

  1. abrasive surface, abrading surface

Ancestry of “hankauspinta”, step by step

hankauspinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hankaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankausrubbing
2Finnishhangatato rub; "~ vastaan:" to resist
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish hangata →