Where does “iskunvaimennin” come from?

iskunvaimennin (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimennin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

iskunvaimennin (Finnish): shock absorber

Definitions

  1. shock absorber

Ancestry of “iskunvaimennin”, step by step

iskunvaimennin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaimennin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaimenninsilencer; damper; snubber
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish isku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskuhit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “iskunvaimennin

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish vaimennin