Where does “kääntöveitsi” come from?

kääntöveitsi (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...

kääntöveitsi (Finnish): folding knife, jack-knife

Definitions

  1. folding knife, jack-knife

Ancestry of “kääntöveitsi”, step by step

kääntöveitsi 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 veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kanta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kantadak →