Where does “pujotuspuikko” come from?

pujotuspuikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pujotus, from Finnish pujottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pujotuspuikko (Finnish): marlinspike tool used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing

Definitions

  1. marlinspike tool used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing

Ancestry of “pujotuspuikko”, step by step

pujotuspuikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pujotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpujotusstringing, threading, wiring putting items on a string
2Finnishpujottaato string, thread, wire; to thread; to insert...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish puikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuikkopeg; stick; short for neulepuikko
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-