Where does “keskusyksikkö” come from?

keskusyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskus, from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.

keskusyksikkö (Finnish): The case of a desktop computer including the...

Definitions

  1. The case of a desktop computer including the...

Ancestry of “keskusyksikkö”, step by step

keskusyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic keske →Every word from Finnish Keski- →Every word from Finnish keskus →