Where does “tatuointikone” come from?

tatuointikone (Finnish) comes from Finnish tatuointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

tatuointikone (Finnish): tattoo machine

Definitions

  1. tattoo machine

Ancestry of “tatuointikone”, step by step

tatuointikone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tatuointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtatuointitattoo; tattooing
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish -nta →
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