Where does “purkinaukaisin” come from?
purkinaukaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish aukaisin, from Finnish aukaista, from Finnish auki, from Finnish aukea, from Finnish -ea, from Proto-Finnic -eda, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.
Ancestry of “purkinaukaisin”, step by step
purkinaukaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aukaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aukaisin | opener; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | aukaista | To open |
| 3 | Finnish | auki | open; untied, unbuttoned; up in the air, open |
| 4 | Finnish | aukea | open; clearing; Indicative present connegative... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ea | A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -eda | A generic adjective marker |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -eta | A generic adjective marker, attached to roots |