Where does “tangentti” come from?

tangentti (Finnish) comes from Latin tangentem, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

tangentti (Finnish): tangent; the push-to-talk button in a two-way...

Definitions

  1. tangent; the push-to-talk button in a two-way...

Ancestry of “tangentti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintangentemaccusative masculine singular of tangēns;...
2Latintangenstouching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;...
3Latintangōto touch, grasp
4Proto-Italic*tangō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

Words derived from “tangentti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic *tangō →Every word from Latin tangō →