Where does “minuuttiosoitin” come from?

minuuttiosoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish minuutti, from Swedish minut, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuuttiosoitin (Finnish): minute hand

Definitions

  1. minute hand

Ancestry of “minuuttiosoitin”, step by step

minuuttiosoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minuutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishminuuttiminute
2Swedishminutminute
3Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
4Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
5Proto-Italicminwō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Finnish osoitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosoitinpointer; pointer, cursor; indicator
2Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →