Where does “kosketinrivi” come from?

kosketinrivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosketin, from Finnish koskettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kosketinrivi (Finnish): bank, row of keys on a keyboard

Definitions

  1. bank, row of keys on a keyboard

Ancestry of “kosketinrivi”, step by step

kosketinrivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kosketin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkosketinkey; contact; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishkoskettaato touch; to affect
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish rivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivirow, line; line; rank
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-
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