Where does “levyntaivutin” come from?
levyntaivutin (Finnish) comes from Finnish taivutin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
levyntaivutin (Finnish): sheet metal bender, sheet metal brake
Definitions
- sheet metal bender, sheet metal brake
Ancestry of “levyntaivutin”, step by step
levyntaivutin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taivutin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taivutin | bender device to aid bending of pipes etc. to a specific angle |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish levy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levy | plate; board; slab |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |