Where does “letkupuristin” come from?

letkupuristin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puristin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

letkupuristin (Finnish): hose crimper

Definitions

  1. hose crimper

Ancestry of “letkupuristin”, step by step

letkupuristin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puristin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuristinclamp, cramp; press; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish letku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishletkuA hosepipe, hose
2Russianплёткаwhip
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish puristin →