Where does “tuntiosoitin” come from?

tuntiosoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoitin, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tuntiosoitin (Finnish): hour hand

Definitions

  1. hour hand

Ancestry of “tuntiosoitin”, step by step

tuntiosoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osoitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosoitinpointer; pointer, cursor; indicator
2Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →