Where does “pino-osoitin” come from?

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

pino-osoitin (Finnish): stack pointer

Definitions

  1. stack pointer

Ancestry of “pino-osoitin”, step by step

pino-osoitin 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 pino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinostack, pile; stack
2Proto-Finnicpinowoodpile; stack, pile
3Proto-Germanicfīnōheap
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →