Where does “lehdykkäsoitin” come from?

lehdykkäsoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitin, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lehdykkäsoitin (Finnish): reed

Definitions

  1. reed

Ancestry of “lehdykkäsoitin”, step by step

lehdykkäsoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoitinmusical instrument; player; First-person singular...
2Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish lehdykkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehdykkäleaflet; reed
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak