Where does “kauko-ohjain” come from?

kauko-ohjain (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjain, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kauko-ohjain (Finnish): remote control

Definitions

  1. remote control

Ancestry of “kauko-ohjain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjaincontroller; device driver; control
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish ohjain →
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