Where does “pistekirjoituskone” come from?

pistekirjoituskone (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

pistekirjoituskone (Finnish): brailler

Definitions

  1. brailler

Ancestry of “pistekirjoituskone”, step by step

pistekirjoituskone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish kirjoituskone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjoituskonetypewriter
2FinnishkirjoitusThe act of writing; A scripture, writing; An...
3Finnishkirjoittaato write; to spell; to take an examination in
4Proto-Finnickirjoittadakto embroider, to decorate with embroidery
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης