Where does “laserkirjoitin” come from?
laserkirjoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjoitin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
laserkirjoitin (Finnish): laser printer
Ancestry of “laserkirjoitin”, step by step
laserkirjoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjoitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjoitin | Synonym of tulostin; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
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;... |