Where does “tulppa-avain” come from?
tulppa-avain (Finnish) comes from Finnish avain, from Finnish avata, from Proto-Finnic avait'ak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric aŋa-.
tulppa-avain (Finnish): spark plug wrench
Ancestry of “tulppa-avain”, step by step
tulppa-avain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avain | key; code; clef, used especially in compound... |
| 2 | Finnish | avata | to open; to unwrap; to turn on |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | avait'ak | to open |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | aŋa- | — |
via Finnish tulppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulppa | A plug; A spigot; A stopper |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *stulpô | post, pole, column |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |