Where does “henkilökuljetin” come from?
henkilökuljetin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuljetin, from Finnish kuljettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
henkilökuljetin (Finnish): personal transporter
Ancestry of “henkilökuljetin”, step by step
henkilökuljetin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuljetin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuljetin | conveyor; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | kuljettaa | to transport; to carry, convey; to drive |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish henkilö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | henkilö | person; figure |
| 2 | Finnish | henki | breath; spirit, ghost; life |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | henki | breath; soul, life force |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | čeŋke | — |