Where does “veitsenteroitin” come from?

veitsenteroitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish teroitin, from Finnish teroittaa, from Finnish terä, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

veitsenteroitin (Finnish): knife sharpener

Definitions

  1. knife sharpener

Ancestry of “veitsenteroitin”, step by step

veitsenteroitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teroitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishteroitinA pencil sharpener; First-person singular...
2Finnishteroittaato sharpen
3Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
4Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
5Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Finnish terä →