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Where does “ruuvimeisseli” come from?

ruuvimeisseli (Finnish) comes from Finnish meisseli, from Swedish mejsel, from German Meißel, from Middle High German meizel, from Old High German meizil, from Proto-Germanic maitilaz — chisel.

ruuvimeisseli (Finnish): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “ruuvimeisseli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeisseliscrewdriver; penis
2Swedishmejsela chisel
3GermanMeißelchisel
4Middle High Germanmeizel—
5Old High Germanmeizil—
6Proto-Germanicmaitilazchisel

Words derived from “ruuvimeisseli”

  • ristipääruuvimeisseli
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