Where does “heijastinteippi” come from?

heijastinteippi (Finnish) comes from Finnish heijastin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

heijastinteippi (Finnish): reflective tape

Definitions

  1. reflective tape

Ancestry of “heijastinteippi”, step by step

heijastinteippi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heijastin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheijastinreflector; safety reflector; First-person...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish teippi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteippiadhesive tape, sellotape, tape
2English[[adhesive tape—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish heijastin →