Where does “jännite” come from?

jännite (Finnish) comes from Finnish jännittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jännite (Finnish): voltage; tension

Definitions

  1. voltage; tension

Ancestry of “jännite”, step by step

jännite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jännittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännittääto tense; to tension; to flex
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “jännite

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa