Where does “pudotusvalikko” come from?
pudotusvalikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pudotus, from Finnish pudottaa, from Finnish pudota, from Proto-Finnic pudot'ak — to fall off.
pudotusvalikko (Finnish): dropdown list, dropdown menu, drop-down, combo...
Definitions
- dropdown list, dropdown menu, drop-down, combo...
Ancestry of “pudotusvalikko”, step by step
pudotusvalikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pudotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pudotus | fall; act of dropping; dropdown |
| 2 | Finnish | pudottaa | To drop |
| 3 | Finnish | pudota | to fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pudot'ak | to fall off |
via Finnish välikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välikkö | passage |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |