Where does “upotuspiikki” come from?
upotuspiikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish upotus, from Finnish upottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
upotuspiikki (Finnish): set a punch for setting nails in wood
Definitions
- set a punch for setting nails in wood
Ancestry of “upotuspiikki”, step by step
upotuspiikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upotus | immersion; embedding; inlay |
| 2 | Finnish | upottaa | to sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish piikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piikki | spike; Short for piikkikenkä; tine, prong |
| 2 | Swedish | spik | nail; spike-shaped metal fastener; an fail-safe... |
| 3 | Old Norse | spíkr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spīkaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |