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

ruuvimeisseli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meisseli

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

via Finnish ruuvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuviscrew
2Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “ruuvimeisseli”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maitilaz →Every word from Old High German meizil →Every word from Middle High German meizel →