Where does “nauha-asema” come from?

nauha-asema (Finnish) comes from Finnish nauha, from Proto-Finnic nauha — ribbon, band.

nauha-asema (Finnish): tape drive

Definitions

  1. tape drive

Ancestry of “nauha-asema”, step by step

nauha-asema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band

via Finnish asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
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