Where does “juuresveitsi” come from?

juuresveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish juures, from Finnish juuri, from Proto-Finnic juuri, from Proto-Finno-Permic jure.

juuresveitsi (Finnish): paring knife

Definitions

  1. paring knife

Ancestry of “juuresveitsi”, step by step

juuresveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juures

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuresroot vegetable, root; A plant that is cultivated...
2Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
3Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
4Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jure →Every word from Proto-Finnic juuri →Every word from Finnish juuri →
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