Where does “kielisoitin” come from?
kielisoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitin, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kielisoitin (Finnish): stringed instrument
Definitions
- stringed instrument
Ancestry of “kielisoitin”, step by step
kielisoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish soitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitin | musical instrument; player; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |