Where does “sorvinlastu” come from?

sorvinlastu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lastu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

sorvinlastu (Finnish): turning(s) shaving(s) produced by turning something on a lathe

Definitions

  1. turning(s) shaving(s) produced by turning something on a lathe

Ancestry of “sorvinlastu”, step by step

sorvinlastu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish sorvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsorvilathe
2Swedishsvarva lathe
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish lastu →