Where does “piirityskone” come from?
piirityskone (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiritys, from Finnish piirittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
piirityskone (Finnish): siege engine
Ancestry of “piirityskone”, step by step
piirityskone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piiritys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piiritys | siege |
| 2 | Finnish | piirittää | to circle, surround; to siege, lay siege to,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kone | machine; appliance; Short for lentokone |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | koneh | magic |