Where does “tangeerauspiste” come from?

tangeerauspiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish tangeeraus, from Finnish tangeerata, from Swedish tangera, from German tangieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

Ancestry of “tangeerauspiste”, step by step

tangeerauspiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tangeeraus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtangeeraus
2Finnishtangeerata
3Swedishtangerato be tangent (to something)
4Germantangierento be tangent to
5German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-ārefirst conjugation
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
15Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er