Where does “sarkainkohta” come from?
sarkainkohta (Finnish) comes from Finnish sarkain, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
sarkainkohta (Finnish): tab stop
Ancestry of “sarkainkohta”, step by step
sarkainkohta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sarkain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarkain | tabulator; Genitive plural form of sarka |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish kohta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohta | presently, soon; place, location, spot; A... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kokta | place, location, spot |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kopta | place |