Where does “kiintolevyasema” come from?

kiintolevyasema (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiintolevy, from Finnish kiinto-, from Finnish kiintää, from Finnish kiintyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

kiintolevyasema (Finnish): hard disk drive

Definitions

  1. hard disk drive

Ancestry of “kiintolevyasema”, step by step

kiintolevyasema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiintolevy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiintolevyhard disk
2Finnishkiinto-solid, firm, fixed
3Finnishkiintääto fasten, to keep attached or touching to...
4FinnishkiintyäTo become fond, attached
5Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
6Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

via Finnish asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish kiinto-