Where does “pinsettiote” come from?

pinsettiote (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinsetit, from Swedish pincett, from French pincette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

pinsettiote (Finnish): pinch

Definitions

  1. pinch

Ancestry of “pinsettiote”, step by step

pinsettiote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pinsetit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinsetittweezers
2Swedishpincetta pair of tweezers
3Frenchpincettetongs; tweezers
4French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
5Latin-itta
6Hungarianiszikto drink
7Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Finnish ote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotegrasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,...
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-Every word from French -etteEvery word from Hungarian iszik
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