Where does “käskyosoitin” come from?
käskyosoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoitin, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
käskyosoitin (Finnish): instruction pointer
Ancestry of “käskyosoitin”, step by step
käskyosoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osoitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osoitin | pointer; pointer, cursor; indicator |
| 2 | Finnish | osoittaa | to show; to indicate; to point |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish käsky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käsky | An order, command, commandment, dictation,... |
| 2 | Finnish | käskeä | to order, tell; to command; to request, ask for,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käskedäk | to tell, to command |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | käske- | — |