Where does “sarjaliitin” come from?

sarjaliitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitin, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

sarjaliitin (Finnish): serial port, serial connector the port itself

Definitions

  1. serial port, serial connector the port itself

Ancestry of “sarjaliitin”, step by step

sarjaliitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishliitinA connector, terminal, interface; First-person...
2Finnishliittääto join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak