Where does “paloitteluveitsi” come from?

paloitteluveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish paloittelu, from Finnish paloitella, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

paloitteluveitsi (Finnish): A chopper knife for chopping food

Definitions

  1. A chopper knife for chopping food

Ancestry of “paloitteluveitsi”, step by step

paloitteluveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paloittelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaloittelucutting up, chopping, slicing
2Finnishpaloitellato cut up, cut, chop, slice, divide into pieces;...
3Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak