Where does “kirjainlyhenne” come from?
kirjainlyhenne (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhenne, from Finnish lyhentää, from Finnish lyhetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
kirjainlyhenne (Finnish): initialism term formed from the initials of several words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter
Definitions
- initialism term formed from the initials of several words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter
Ancestry of “kirjainlyhenne”, step by step
kirjainlyhenne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lyhenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyhenne | An abbreviation |
| 2 | Finnish | lyhentää | to shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back... |
| 3 | Finnish | lyhetä | To shorten, to become shorter |
| 4 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |