Where does “vaihtonäppäin” come from?
vaihtonäppäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppäin, from Finnish näpätä, from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse hnappa, from Proto-Germanic hnappōną, from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-.
vaihtonäppäin (Finnish): shift key
Definitions
- shift key
Ancestry of “vaihtonäppäin”, step by step
vaihtonäppäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näppäin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näppäin | key; button |
| 2 | Finnish | näpätä | to tap, to hit lightly; to tap or type in, to... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | nappa | to pinch, pluck |
| 4 | Old Norse | hnappa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hnappōną | to pick, pluck, tear off |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | knobʰnéh₂- | — |
via Finnish vaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |