Where does “kääntöprisma” come from?

kääntöprisma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääntö, from Finnish kääntää, from Proto-Finnic kantadak, from Proto-Uralic kanta-, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

kääntöprisma (Finnish): erecting prism

Definitions

  1. erecting prism

Ancestry of “kääntöprisma”, step by step

kääntöprisma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääntö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääntöturn; yaw
2Finnishkääntääto turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish prisma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprismaprism
2Late Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kanta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kantadak →