täsmä-
Finnish
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Russian тесьма́ (tesʹmá, “band, lace”), with the figurative meaning developing through täsmälleen (“exactly, precisely”), originally in the sense "to weave a band based on an existing band" → "to weave a band exactly like some other band".[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæsmæ-/, [ˈt̪æs̠mæ-]
Prefix
täsmä-
- precision, surgical (characterized by high precision)
- täsmävaaka ― precision balance
- täsmäpommi ― smart bomb
Derived terms
Finnish terms prefixed with täsmä-
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN