Where does “sormenjälkilukija” come from?
sormenjälkilukija (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukija, from Ingrian lukkia, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sormenjälkilukija (Finnish): fingerprint scanner, fingerprint reader
Definitions
- fingerprint scanner, fingerprint reader
Ancestry of “sormenjälkilukija”, step by step
sormenjälkilukija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lukija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lukija | reader |
| 2 | Ingrian | lukkia | to read |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish sormenjälki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sormenjälki | fingerprint |
| 2 | Finnish | sormi | finger |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sormi | finger |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | sorme | — |