Where does “rajaiselevaattori” come from?

rajaiselevaattori (Finnish) comes from Finnish rajaiset, from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁- — to sift, to separate.

rajaiselevaattori (Finnish): tailings elevator in a combine harvester

Definitions

  1. tailings elevator in a combine harvester

Ancestry of “rajaiselevaattori”, step by step

rajaiselevaattori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rajaiset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrajaisettailings e.g. in a combine harvester
2Finnishrajaborder, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions
3Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
4Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
5Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
6Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

via Finnish elevaattori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelevaattori(grain) elevator
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁- →