Where does “saksitunkki” come from?

saksitunkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish sakset, from Swedish sax, from Swedish saxofon — saxophone.

saksitunkki (Finnish): scissor jack

Definitions

  1. scissor jack

Ancestry of “saksitunkki”, step by step

saksitunkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sakset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaksetscissors; shears; scissors; pincers, claws
2Swedishsaxa pair of scissors; shears; "short of" saxofon; a...
3Swedishsaxofonsaxophone

via Finnish tunkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunkkijack mechanical device
Every word from Swedish saxofon →Every word from Swedish sax →Every word from Finnish sakset →