Where does “kosketuskulma” come from?
kosketuskulma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosketus, from Finnish koskettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kosketuskulma (Finnish): angle of contact
Definitions
- angle of contact
Ancestry of “kosketuskulma”, step by step
kosketuskulma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kosketus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kosketus | A touch; contact |
| 2 | Finnish | koskettaa | to touch; to affect |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kuľma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuľma | corner external point where two converging lines meet |