Where does “kertatuliase” come from?
kertatuliase (Finnish) comes from Finnish kertatuli, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
kertatuliase (Finnish): nonautomatic or semi-automatic firearm; a firearm which fires one round per trigger pull
Definitions
- nonautomatic or semi-automatic firearm; a firearm which fires one round per trigger pull
Ancestry of “kertatuliase”, step by step
kertatuliase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kertatuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kertatuli | single-shot fire, manual firing fire shot one bullet at a time |
| 2 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |