Where does “liipaisinkaari” come from?

liipaisinkaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish liipaisin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

liipaisinkaari (Finnish): trigger guard

Definitions

  1. trigger guard

Ancestry of “liipaisinkaari”, step by step

liipaisinkaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liipaisin

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

via Finnish kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish liipaisin →