Where does “nukutuspiikki” come from?
nukutuspiikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukutus, from Finnish nukuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
nukutuspiikki (Finnish): anesthetic syringe
Ancestry of “nukutuspiikki”, step by step
nukutuspiikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nukutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nukutus | general anesthesia |
| 2 | Finnish | nukuttaa | "partitive" + 3rd-pers. singular = to feel... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish piikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piikki | spike; Short for piikkikenkä; tine, prong |
| 2 | Swedish | spik | nail; spike-shaped metal fastener; an fail-safe... |
| 3 | Old Norse | spíkr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spīkaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |