Where does “hipaisukytkin” come from?
hipaisukytkin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kytkin, from Finnish kytkeä, from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.
hipaisukytkin (Finnish): touch switch
Ancestry of “hipaisukytkin”, step by step
hipaisukytkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kytkin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kytkin | switch; clutch; First-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | kytkeä | to hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kütkedäk | to bind, to tie |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kütke- | to bind |
via Finnish hipaisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hipaisu | A light touch |
| 2 | Finnish | hipaista | to graze, to touch lightly |
| 3 | Finnish | hipoa | to graze, (barely) touch, to verge on |
| 4 | Finnish | hip- | — |