Where does “vetosytytin” come from?
vetosytytin (Finnish) comes from Finnish veto, from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
vetosytytin (Finnish): pull string igniter
Definitions
- pull string igniter
Ancestry of “vetosytytin”, step by step
vetosytytin 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 sytytin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sytytin | lighter, cigarette lighter; primer, detonator;... |
| 2 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |