Where does “tekstinlukulaite” come from?
tekstinlukulaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish teksti, from Esperanto teksto, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
tekstinlukulaite (Finnish): optical reading device device that reads text
Definitions
- optical reading device device that reads text
Ancestry of “tekstinlukulaite”, step by step
tekstinlukulaite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teksti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teksti | text; copy |
| 2 | Esperanto | teksto | text; lyrics |
| 3 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish lukulaite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lukulaite | reader; e-reader |
| 2 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |