Where does “lyömäveitsi” come from?

lyömäveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyödä, from Proto-Finnic löödäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric lewe- — to throw, shoot.

lyömäveitsi (Finnish): hacking knife: single-edged knife for cutting hard materials, like the keratin of horses' hooves

Definitions

  1. hacking knife: single-edged knife for cutting hard materials, like the keratin of horses' hooves

Ancestry of “lyömäveitsi”, step by step

lyömäveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric lewe-Every word from Proto-Finnic löödäkEvery word from Finnish lyödä