Where does “jännite-ero” come from?

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

jännite-ero (Finnish): differential voltage difference in voltage between two points in an electric system as e.g. over a resistance

Definitions

  1. differential voltage difference in voltage between two points in an electric system as e.g. over a resistance

Ancestry of “jännite-ero”, step by step

jännite-ero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jännite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännitevoltage; tension
2Finnishjännittääto tense; to tension; to flex
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish ero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa