Where does “ruohonleikkuukone” come from?

ruohonleikkuukone (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruohonleikkuu, from Finnish leikkuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

ruohonleikkuukone (Finnish): lawnmower especially a larger one

Definitions

  1. lawnmower especially a larger one

Ancestry of “ruohonleikkuukone”, step by step

ruohonleikkuukone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruohonleikkuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohonleikkuumowing grass
2Finnishleikkuucutting
3Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
4Finnish-au—
5Finnish-ao—
6Proto-Finnic-ado—
7Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
8Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →