Where does “teroitin” come from?

teroitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish teroittaa, from Finnish terä, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

teroitin (Finnish): A pencil sharpener; First-person singular...

Definitions

  1. A pencil sharpener; First-person singular...

Ancestry of “teroitin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteroittaato sharpen
2Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
3Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
4Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

Words derived from “teroitin”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Finnish terä →