Where does “kankivasara” come from?

kankivasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish vasara, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kankivasara (Finnish): trip hammer large powered hammer

Definitions

  1. trip hammer large powered hammer

Ancestry of “kankivasara”, step by step

kankivasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vasara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvasarahammer; malleus, hammer
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankibar
2Proto-Finnickankibar, lever
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →