erotin etymology

Finnish word erotin comes from Finnish erottaa, Finnish -in

Detailed word origin of erotin

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
erottaa Finnish (fin) (transitive) to divide. (transitive) to expel (to terminate the membership of). (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to relieve of a duty). (transitive) to separate. (transitive) to tell apart, differentiate, distinguish.
-in Finnish (fin) Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn. Instructive case suffix. (poetic) A variant for the first-person singular possessive suffix -ni. (rare) Forms the genitive plural. Forms superlative adjectives. Forms inanimate instrumental nouns from verbs.
erotin Finnish (fin) (electrical engineering) A disconnector.. A separator.

Words with the same origin as erotin

Descendants of erottaa
erotella erottamaton erotus
Descendants of -in
aiemmin aistin avain elin etsin heitin iso isoisä isoveli isoäiti kasvain kirjoitin laskin näytin otin pidin pieni poltin puhelin suljin tunnistin valitsin varoitin vedin ympäriinsä