Where does “lyömäsoitin” come from?

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

lyömäsoitin (Finnish): percussion instrument individual instrument

Definitions

  1. percussion instrument individual instrument

Ancestry of “lyömäsoitin”, step by step

lyömäsoitin 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 lyödä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyödäto hit, strike, knock; to beat; to hurl, chuck,...
2Proto-Finniclöödäkto hit, to strike; to beat
3Proto-Finno-Ugriclewe-to throw, shoot
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →