Where does “kidutuskeino” come from?

kidutuskeino (Finnish) comes from Finnish kidutus, from Finnish kiduttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kidutuskeino (Finnish): form of torture, means of torture, method of torture

Definitions

  1. form of torture, means of torture, method of torture

Ancestry of “kidutuskeino”, step by step

kidutuskeino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kidutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkidutustorture
2Finnishkiduttaato torture
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish keino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeinomeans, way, vehicle; trick; "as modifier in a...
2Proto-Samickeajnōway, road; method, means
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →