Where does “taajuuslaskin” come from?

taajuuslaskin (Finnish) comes from Finnish laskin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

taajuuslaskin (Finnish): frequency counter

Definitions

  1. frequency counter

Ancestry of “taajuuslaskin”, step by step

taajuuslaskin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laskin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskincalculator; pocket calculator; First-person...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish taajuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajuusfrequency
2Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
3Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish laskin →