Where does “kirjasinleikkaus” come from?

kirjasinleikkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjasin, from Finnish -sin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kirjasinleikkaus (Finnish): font set of glyphs belonging to one typeface, style and weight

Definitions

  1. font set of glyphs belonging to one typeface, style and weight

Ancestry of “kirjasinleikkaus”, step by step

kirjasinleikkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjasin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjasinsort
2Finnish-sinForms certain nouns, particularly those...
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish leikkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkauscut, cutting; operation, surgery; perioperative
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish -sin