Where does “ruuvivälitys” come from?
ruuvivälitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish välitys, from Finnish välittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
ruuvivälitys (Finnish): screw-nut transmission
Ancestry of “ruuvivälitys”, step by step
ruuvivälitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish välitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välitys | transmission; mediation; intercession |
| 2 | Finnish | välittää | to transmit, convey, forward, pass on; to supply,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 |