Where does “näyteikkuna” come from?
näyteikkuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyte, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
näyteikkuna (Finnish): shop window, show window, display window
Definitions
- shop window, show window, display window
Ancestry of “näyteikkuna”, step by step
näyteikkuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyte | sample, specimen |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 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- | — |
via Finnish ikkuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ikkuna | window; sash |
| 2 | Finnish | akkuna | Alternative form of ikkuna |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | *akkuna | window |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | окъно | window |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | okъnò | window |
Words derived from “näyteikkuna”