Where does “neulanäyte” come from?
neulanäyte (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyte, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
neulanäyte (Finnish): needle biopsy
Ancestry of “neulanäyte”, step by step
neulanäyte 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 neula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | neula | needle; needle, stylus |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | neekla | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nēþlō | needle |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin (thread), to sew |