Where does “vetonuppi” come from?
vetonuppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish veto, from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
vetonuppi (Finnish): pull knob
Ancestry of “vetonuppi”, step by step
vetonuppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish veto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 2 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 3 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |
via Finnish nuppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nuppi | knob; cascabel; finial |
| 2 | Swedish | knopp | a bud; a knob, a bulb, a ball, a stud, a rounded... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | knappô | knob, lump; button |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gnebʰ- | to press, tighten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gen- | to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to... |