Where does “sarkainnäppäin” come from?

sarkainnäppäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppäin, from Finnish näpätä, from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse hnappa, from Proto-Germanic hnappōną, from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-.

sarkainnäppäin (Finnish): tab key

Definitions

  1. tab key

Ancestry of “sarkainnäppäin”, step by step

sarkainnäppäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näppäin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppäinkey; button
2Finnishnäpätäto tap, to hit lightly; to tap or type in, to...
3Old Swedishnappato pinch, pluck
4Old Norsehnappa—
5Proto-Germanichnappōnąto pick, pluck, tear off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknobʰnéh₂-—

via Finnish sarkain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarkaintabulator; Genitive plural form of sarka
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnappōną →Every word from Old Norse hnappa →