Where does “uroskosketin” come from?
uroskosketin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosketin, from Finnish koskettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
uroskosketin (Finnish): male connector
Ancestry of “uroskosketin”, step by step
uroskosketin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kosketin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kosketin | key; contact; First-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | koskettaa | to touch; to affect |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish uros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uros | male, especially of mammalian species; man, hero |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | uros | male; man |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | urɜ | man, male |