Where does “käynnistyslevyke” come from?
käynnistyslevyke (Finnish) comes from Finnish käynnistys, from Finnish käynnistää, from Finnish käynti, from Finnish käydä, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną — to go.
käynnistyslevyke (Finnish): boot disk bootable floppy disk
Definitions
- boot disk bootable floppy disk
Ancestry of “käynnistyslevyke”, step by step
käynnistyslevyke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish käynnistys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käynnistys | start; induction; bootup, startup |
| 2 | Finnish | käynnistää | to start; to launch, strike up |
| 3 | Finnish | käynti | A gait or walk of a human; The gait or walk of a... |
| 4 | Finnish | käydä | to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | käüdäk | to walk, to go |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | käwe- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *skēwijaną | to go |
via Finnish levyke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levyke | floppy disk, diskette |
| 2 | Finnish | -ke | Forms diminutive forms of nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |