Where does “välitinvipu” come from?

välitinvipu (Finnish) comes from Finnish välitin, from Finnish välittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

välitinvipu (Finnish): trigger lever

Definitions

  1. trigger lever

Ancestry of “välitinvipu”, step by step

välitinvipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish välitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälitindata forwarder; a device forwarding or intermediating data
2Finnishvälittääto transmit, convey, forward, pass on; to supply,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish vipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipulever; a certain kind of trap
2Proto-Finnicvipulever
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak