Where does “jauhinkappale” come from?

jauhinkappale (Finnish) comes from Finnish jauhin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

jauhinkappale (Finnish): a piece of grinding medium

Definitions

  1. a piece of grinding medium

Ancestry of “jauhinkappale”, step by step

jauhinkappale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jauhin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhingrinder, pulverizer
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kappale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkappaleobject; piece; track, song
2Proto-Finnickapalehpiece
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish jauhin →