Where does “kevityslaippa” come from?
kevityslaippa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevitys, from Finnish kevittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kevityslaippa (Finnish): trim tab control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces
Definitions
- trim tab control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces
Ancestry of “kevityslaippa”, step by step
kevityslaippa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kevitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kevitys | — |
| 2 | Finnish | kevittää | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish laippa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laippa | flange external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place |