Where does “palautinjousi” come from?

palautinjousi (Finnish) comes from Finnish palautin, from Finnish palauttaa, from Finnish mieli, from Proto-Finnic meeli, from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle.

palautinjousi (Finnish): recoil spring

Definitions

  1. recoil spring

Ancestry of “palautinjousi”, step by step

palautinjousi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palautin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalautinreceiver; recloser; first-person singular past...
2Finnishpalauttaato return; to return, restore, revert
3Finnishmielimood; sense, meaning; mind
4Proto-Finnicmeelione's senses, mind
5Proto-Finno-Permicmäle—

via Finnish jousi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjousibow; spring; musical bow
2Finnishjoutsi—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle →Every word from Proto-Finnic meeli →Every word from Finnish mieli →