Where does “viritinkahva” come from?

viritinkahva (Finnish) comes from Finnish viritin, from Finnish virittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

Ancestry of “viritinkahva”, step by step

viritinkahva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viritin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviritintuner
2Finnishvirittääto tune; to voice; to tune in
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish kahva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahvahandle; grip; manubrium; usually in the longer...
2Proto-Finnickahva—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →