Where does “läpisahaus” come from?

läpisahaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sahaus, from Finnish sahata, from Finnish saha, from Old Swedish sagh, from Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic sagō, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

läpisahaus (Finnish): live sawing, flat sawing

Definitions

  1. live sawing, flat sawing

Ancestry of “läpisahaus”, step by step

läpisahaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sahaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsahaussawing
2Finnishsahatato saw
3Finnishsahasaw; sawmill; musical saw
4Old Swedishsaghsaw
5Old Norsesǫgsaw
6Proto-Germanicsagōsaw
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish läpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläpihole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through
2Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
3Spanishlápizpencil
4Italianlapispencil; sanguine
5Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
6Proto-Italic*lapetsstone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →