Where does “rengaslehtiö” come from?

rengaslehtiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish rengas, from Proto-Finnic rengas, from Proto-Germanic hrengaz, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

rengaslehtiö (Finnish): spiral-bound notepad

Definitions

  1. spiral-bound notepad

Ancestry of “rengaslehtiö”, step by step

rengaslehtiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rengas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrengasring, loop, hoop; tyre, tire; ring
2Proto-Finnicrengasring, hoop
3Proto-Germanichrengazring
4Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
5Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish lehtiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehtiönotepad, pad
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ- →