Where does “monitoimilinkkuveitsi” come from?
monitoimilinkkuveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish linkkuveitsi, from Finnish linkku, from Finnish linja-auto, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο- — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
monitoimilinkkuveitsi (Finnish): general-purpose folding knife
Definitions
- general-purpose folding knife
Ancestry of “monitoimilinkkuveitsi”, step by step
monitoimilinkkuveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish linkkuveitsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | linkkuveitsi | pocketknife, folding knife; penknife |
| 2 | Finnish | linkku | bent-over or folded position; latch; Synonym of... |
| 3 | Finnish | linja-auto | bus, coach |
| 4 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 5 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, car |
| 6 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 7 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via Finnish monitoiminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | monitoiminen | multifunctional |
| 2 | Finnish | -toiminen | operated operated by or with some kind of mechanism |
| 3 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 4 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 8 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |