Where does “kaukokirjoitin” come from?

kaukokirjoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjoitin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kaukokirjoitin (Finnish): teleprinter, teletypewriter

Definitions

  1. teleprinter, teletypewriter

Ancestry of “kaukokirjoitin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjoitinSynonym of tulostin; First-person singular...
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 kirjoitin →