Where does “kirjontasakset” come from?

kirjontasakset (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjonta, from Finnish kirjoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

kirjontasakset (Finnish): embroidery scissors

Definitions

  1. embroidery scissors

Ancestry of “kirjontasakset”, step by step

kirjontasakset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjontaembroidery
2FinnishkirjoaTo embroider
3Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
4Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w-—

via Finnish sakset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaksetscissors; shears; scissors; pincers, claws
2Swedishsaxa pair of scissors; shears; "short of" saxofon; a...
3Swedishsaxofonsaxophone
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →