Where does “syömäase” come from?

syömäase (Finnish) comes from Finnish ase, from Proto-Finnic asek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

syömäase (Finnish): utensil for eating

Definitions

  1. utensil for eating

Ancestry of “syömäase”, step by step

syömäase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaseweapon; gun; tool, utensil
2Proto-Finnicasekweapon
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish syödä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
2Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic asek →