Where does “pulautin” come from?

pulautin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pulauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pulautin (Finnish): a program that transforms the given input, gives a transformed output and then terminates

Definitions

  1. a program that transforms the given input, gives a transformed output and then terminates

Ancestry of “pulautin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulauttaato regurgitate, to spit up
2Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
3Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -uttaa →