Where does “keinuvipu” come from?

keinuvipu (Finnish) comes from Finnish keinu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

keinuvipu (Finnish): rocker arm

Definitions

  1. rocker arm

Ancestry of “keinuvipu”, step by step

keinuvipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keinu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkeinuA swing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish vipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipulever; a certain kind of trap
2Proto-Finnicvipulever

Words derived from “keinuvipu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish keinu →