Where does “komentopainike” come from?

komentopainike (Finnish) comes from Finnish komento, from Finnish komentaa, from Swedish kommendera, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — resin, gum; to say, speak.

komentopainike (Finnish): command button

Definitions

  1. command button

Ancestry of “komentopainike”, step by step

komentopainike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish komento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkomentocommand
2Finnishkomentaato command; to second
3Swedishkommenderato command, to order
4Frenchcommanderto order
5Middle Frenchcommanderto command
6Old Frenchcomanderto command, to implore; to request, to ask for;...
7Latincommandōto chew
8Latincommendōto commend, entrust to, commit
9Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17Old High Germankuti
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Finnish painike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainikebutton, push-button; a mechanical device meant to...
2Finnishpainaato push, press; to print; to weigh
3Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
4Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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