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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".
Pronunciation
Prefix
täsmä-
- precision, surgical (characterized by high precision)
- täsmävaaka ― precision balance
- täsmäpommi ― smart bomb
Derived terms
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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