Where does “näppäilysoitin” come from?
näppäilysoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppäily, from Finnish näppäillä, from Finnish näpätä, from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse hnappa, from Proto-Germanic hnappōną, from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-.
näppäilysoitin (Finnish): plucked string instrument
Definitions
- plucked string instrument
Ancestry of “näppäilysoitin”, step by step
näppäilysoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näppäily
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näppäily | keystroke |
| 2 | Finnish | näppäillä | to pluck; to type on a keyboard or keypad |
| 3 | Finnish | näpätä | to tap, to hit lightly; to tap or type in, to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | nappa | to pinch, pluck |
| 5 | Old Norse | hnappa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hnappōną | to pick, pluck, tear off |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | knobʰnéh₂- | — |
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- | — |