Where does “sauvaohjain” come from?
sauvaohjain (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjain, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
sauvaohjain (Finnish): joystick
Ancestry of “sauvaohjain”, step by step
sauvaohjain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ohjain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohjain | controller; device driver; control |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish sauva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sauva | wand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sauva | staff, stick |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śawŋa | — |