Where does “laserkeilain” come from?
laserkeilain (Finnish) comes from Finnish keilain, from Finnish keilata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
laserkeilain (Finnish): laser scanner
Ancestry of “laserkeilain”, step by step
laserkeilain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keilain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keilain | a device that casts a searchlight, laser or other light |
| 2 | Finnish | keilata | to bowl; to cast light; to scan |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish laser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laser | laser |
| 2 | English | LASER | Acronym of light amplification by stimulated... |
| 3 | Latin | laser | the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida;... |