Where does “ruuvitaltta” come from?

ruuvitaltta (Finnish) comes from Finnish taltta, from Old East Slavic долто, from Proto-Slavic dōltò — chisel.

ruuvitaltta (Finnish): screwdriver

Definitions

  1. screwdriver

Ancestry of “ruuvitaltta”, step by step

ruuvitaltta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taltta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtalttaA chisel
2Old East Slavicдолто—
3Proto-Slavicdōltòchisel

via Finnish ruuvi

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

Words derived from “ruuvitaltta”

Every word from Proto-Slavic dōltò →Every word from Old East Slavic долто →Every word from Finnish taltta →