Where does “prismasauva” come from?

prismasauva (Finnish) comes from Finnish prisma, from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

prismasauva (Finnish): prism pole

Definitions

  1. prism pole

Ancestry of “prismasauva”, step by step

prismasauva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish prisma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprismaprism
2Late Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via Finnish sauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauvawand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell
2Proto-Finnicsauvastaff, stick
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśawŋa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek πρίσμα