Where does “rivinvaihtonäppäin” come from?

rivinvaihtonäppäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppäin, from Finnish näpätä, from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse hnappa, from Proto-Germanic hnappōną, from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-.

rivinvaihtonäppäin (Finnish): Enter key, return key

Definitions

  1. Enter key, return key

Ancestry of “rivinvaihtonäppäin”, step by step

rivinvaihtonäppäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näppäin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppäinkey; button
2Finnishnäpätäto tap, to hit lightly; to tap or type in, to...
3Old Swedishnappato pinch, pluck
4Old Norsehnappa
5Proto-Germanichnappōnąto pick, pluck, tear off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknobʰnéh₂-

via Finnish rivinvaihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivinvaihtoline break, newline
2Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
3Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
4Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
5Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic hnappōnąEvery word from Old Norse hnappa
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