Where does “kohokirjoitin” come from?

kohokirjoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjoitin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kohokirjoitin (Finnish): embossing machine, embosser

Definitions

  1. embossing machine, embosser

Ancestry of “kohokirjoitin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjoitinSynonym of tulostin; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish kirjoitin