Where does “rengaspuskuri” come from?

rengaspuskuri (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.

rengaspuskuri (Finnish): circular buffer, ring buffer

Definitions

  1. circular buffer, ring buffer

Ancestry of “rengaspuskuri”, step by step

rengaspuskuri 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 puskuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuskuribumper; anything that rams; buffer
2Finnishpuskeato ram, to push; to gore; to header
3Proto-Finnicpuskedakto ram; to gore
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpuske-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ- →