Where does “ioninvaihtaja” come from?

ioninvaihtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ioni, from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν, from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι — up, upon.

ioninvaihtaja (Finnish): ion exchanger

Definitions

  1. ion exchanger

Ancestry of “ioninvaihtaja”, step by step

ioninvaihtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ioni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishioniAn ion
2EnglishIonSon of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people
3RomanianIonJohn
4Frenchionion
5EnglishionAn atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical...
6EnglishanionA negatively charged ion
7Ancient Greekἀνιόνgoing up
8Ancient Greekἄνειμιgo up
9Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
10Proto-Hellenic*anáup, upon

via Finnish vaihtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtajachanger, exchanger; derailleur
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *aná