Where does “kiinnitysrauta” come from?

kiinnitysrauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinnitys, from Finnish kiinnittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kiinnitysrauta (Finnish): metal bracket

Definitions

  1. metal bracket

Ancestry of “kiinnitysrauta”, step by step

kiinnitysrauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiinnitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiinnitysmortgage; mooring; pin
2Finnishkiinnittääto fasten, fix; to mortgage; to belay, moor
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak