täsmä-

Finnish

(index tä)

Etymology

Considered to be from Russian тесьма́ (tesʹmá, band, lace), with the figurative meaning developing through täsmälleen (exactly, precisely), originally in the senee "to weave a band based on an existing band" "to weave a band exactly like some other band".[1]

Prefix

täsmä-

  1. precision
    täsmävaakaprecision balance
  2. smart
    täsmäpommismart bomb
  3. surgical

Derived terms

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References

  1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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