Where does “nokivasara” come from?

nokivasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish vasara, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

nokivasara (Finnish): diesel motor, diesel engine; diesel car

Definitions

  1. diesel motor, diesel engine; diesel car

Ancestry of “nokivasara”, step by step

nokivasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vasara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvasarahammer; malleus, hammer
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →