Where does “kaukolaukaisin” come from?
kaukolaukaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish laukaisin, from Finnish laukaista, from Finnish laueta, from Finnish -eta, from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak.
kaukolaukaisin (Finnish): remote trigger, remote actuator
Definitions
- remote trigger, remote actuator
Ancestry of “kaukolaukaisin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | laukaisin | A device for firing a bullet, missile etc. A... |
| 2 | Finnish | laukaista | to fire; to launch; to trigger |
| 3 | Finnish | laueta | to go off; to relax; to ejaculate, to come |
| 4 | Finnish | -eta | Forms verbs from adjectives, meaning "to become "... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -nt'ak | — |