Where does “kirjasinkehä” come from?
kirjasinkehä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjasin, from Finnish -sin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
kirjasinkehä (Finnish): daisywheel, print wheel
Ancestry of “kirjasinkehä”, step by step
kirjasinkehä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjasin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjasin | sort |
| 2 | Finnish | -sin | Forms certain nouns, particularly those... |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish kehä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kehä | circle, ring; halo; circle, circumference |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kehä | circle, ring |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keššä | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | keččä | — |