Where does “lyyrasoitin” come from?
lyyrasoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitin, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lyyrasoitin (Finnish): yoke lute, lyre any stringed instrument with two arms extending from a body to a crossbar and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke
Definitions
- yoke lute, lyre any stringed instrument with two arms extending from a body to a crossbar and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke
Ancestry of “lyyrasoitin”, step by step
lyyrasoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish soitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitin | musical instrument; player; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |