Where does “särmäisjäte” come from?
särmäisjäte (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
särmäisjäte (Finnish): sharps waste
Ancestry of “särmäisjäte”, step by step
särmäisjäte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäte | waste, garbage, rubbish |
| 2 | Finnish | jättää | to leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jättädäk | to leave |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish särmäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | särmäinen | sharp, sharp-edged, with sharp edges |
| 2 | Finnish | särmä | edge |
| 3 | Finnish | särkeä | to break, shatter, smash cause to break into two or more pieces |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | särkedäk | to be sore, to ache; to break |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ćärke- | — |