Where does “savukkeensytytin” come from?
savukkeensytytin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytytin, from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
savukkeensytytin (Finnish): cigarette lighter
Definitions
- cigarette lighter
Ancestry of “savukkeensytytin”, step by step
savukkeensytytin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sytytin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sytytin | lighter, cigarette lighter; primer, detonator;... |
| 2 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |