Where does “ruuvipuristin” come from?
ruuvipuristin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puristin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
ruuvipuristin (Finnish): vise
Ancestry of “ruuvipuristin”, step by step
ruuvipuristin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puristin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puristin | clamp, cramp; press; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish ruuvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruuvi | screw |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schrūve | screw machine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |