Where does “verteksipuskuri” come from?

verteksipuskuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish verteksi, from English vertex, from Latin vertex, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verteksipuskuri (Finnish): vertex buffer

Definitions

  1. vertex buffer

Ancestry of “verteksipuskuri”, step by step

verteksipuskuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish verteksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverteksivertex point in 3D space
2EnglishvertexThe highest point of something; The highest...
3Latinvertexwhirlpool, eddy, vortex; crown; top, peak, summit
4Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
5Proto-Italicwertōto turn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Finnish puskuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuskuribumper; anything that rams; buffer
2Finnishpuskeato ram, to push; to gore; to header
3Proto-Finnicpuskedakto ram; to gore
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpuske-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-