Where does “taivutuskaava” come from?
taivutuskaava (Finnish) comes from Finnish taivutus, from Finnish taivuttaa, from Finnish taipua, from Proto-Finnic taipudak.
taivutuskaava (Finnish): inflectional paradigm
Ancestry of “taivutuskaava”, step by step
taivutuskaava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taivutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taivutus | bending; inflection; declension |
| 2 | Finnish | taivuttaa | to make something curved, to bend; to persuade or... |
| 3 | Finnish | taipua | to become curved, to bend; to change one's... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taipudak | — |
via Finnish kaava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaava | pattern; layout; formula |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skawwōną | to look, see, watch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewh₁- | to perceive; to observe |