Where does “poistumisnäppäin” come from?

poistumisnäppäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish poistuminen, from Finnish poistua, from Finnish poistaa, from Finnish pois, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse — to laugh.

poistumisnäppäin (Finnish): escape key

Definitions

  1. escape key

Ancestry of “poistumisnäppäin”, step by step

poistumisnäppäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poistuminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpoistuminenThe act of leaving; Fourth infinitive of poistua
2Finnishpoistuato leave
3Finnishpoistaato remove; to delete; "~ tuotannosta, myynnistä,...
4Finnishpoisaway, off; off; minus, take away
5Finnishpoikki-cross-, transverse
6Finnishpoikkibroken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,...
7Finnishpoikitse(Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out
8Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
9Proto-Finnicicekself
10Hebrewיצחקto laugh

via Finnish näppäin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppäinkey; button
2Finnishnäpätäto tap, to hit lightly; to tap or type in, to...
3Old Swedishnappato pinch, pluck
4Old Norsehnappa
5Proto-Germanichnappōnąto pick, pluck, tear off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknobʰnéh₂-
Every word from Hebrew יצחקEvery word from Proto-Finnic icekEvery word from Finnish itse