Where does “sormijatkettu” come from?

sormijatkettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormi, from Proto-Finnic sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme.

sormijatkettu (Finnish): finger-jointed; extended with finger joints of lumber

Definitions

  1. finger-jointed; extended with finger joints of lumber

Ancestry of “sormijatkettu”, step by step

sormijatkettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormifinger
2Proto-Finnicsormifinger
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme

via Finnish jatkettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjatkettu
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sormeEvery word from Proto-Finnic sormiEvery word from Finnish sormi
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