Where does “ruuvikiinnitys” come from?
ruuvikiinnitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinnitys, from Finnish kiinnittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
ruuvikiinnitys (Finnish): screw fixation fixing with screws
Definitions
- screw fixation fixing with screws
Ancestry of “ruuvikiinnitys”, step by step
ruuvikiinnitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiinnitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiinnitys | mortgage; mooring; pin |
| 2 | Finnish | kiinnittää | to fasten, fix; to mortgage; to belay, moor |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |