Where does “laitelmisto” come from?

laitelmisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelmisto, from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

laitelmisto (Finnish): firmware

Definitions

  1. firmware

Ancestry of “laitelmisto”, step by step

laitelmisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohjelmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjelmistosoftware; repertoire
2Finnishohjelmaprogram, programme; software, program; show
3Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish laite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaiteapparatus, device; ride
2Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
3Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish ohjelma →