Where does “taittokone” come from?

taittokone (Finnish) comes from Finnish taitto, from Finnish taittaa, from Finnish taipua, from Proto-Finnic taipudak.

taittokone (Finnish): folding machine

Definitions

  1. folding machine

Ancestry of “taittokone”, step by step

taittokone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaittolayout
2Finnishtaittaato fold; to break; to refract
3Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
4Proto-Finnictaipudak—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finnic taipudak →Every word from Finnish taipua →Every word from Finnish taittaa →