Where does “teroittaa” come from?

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

teroittaa (Finnish): to sharpen

Definitions

  1. to sharpen

Ancestry of “teroittaa”, step by step

teroittaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terä

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

via Finnish oittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoittaa—

Words derived from “teroittaa”

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