Where does “osoitinkynä” come from?

osoitinkynä (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoitin, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

osoitinkynä (Finnish): stylus pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen

Definitions

  1. stylus pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen

Ancestry of “osoitinkynä”, step by step

osoitinkynä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osoitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosoitinpointer; pointer, cursor; indicator
2Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish kynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynäpencil; pen; quill, hollow shaft
2Proto-Finnickünätrough
3Proto-Finno-Permicküńä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →