Where does “konekieli” come from?

konekieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

konekieli (Finnish): machine language

Definitions

  1. machine language

Ancestry of “konekieli”, step by step

konekieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

Words derived from “konekieli”

Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →