Where does “kulmaliitos” come from?
kulmaliitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitos, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kulmaliitos (Finnish): elbow connector
Definitions
- elbow connector
Ancestry of “kulmaliitos”, step by step
kulmaliitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liitos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liitos | joint; union; bond |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 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 |