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

Definitions

  1. laser printer

Ancestry of “laserkirjoitin”, step by step

laserkirjoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjoitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjoitinSynonym of tulostin; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish laser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaserlaser
2EnglishLASERAcronym of light amplification by stimulated...
3Latinlaserthe juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida;...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma