Where does “leikkuusakset” come from?

leikkuusakset (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

leikkuusakset (Finnish): cutting scissors, cutting shears

Definitions

  1. cutting scissors, cutting shears

Ancestry of “leikkuusakset”, step by step

leikkuusakset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkuucutting
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish sakset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaksetscissors; shears; scissors; pincers, claws
2Swedishsaxa pair of scissors; shears; "short of" saxofon; a...
3Swedishsaxofonsaxophone
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →