Where does “jännitteenalenema” come from?

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

jännitteenalenema (Finnish): voltage drop

Definitions

  1. voltage drop

Ancestry of “jännitteenalenema”, step by step

jännitteenalenema 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 alenema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalenemadrop, fall, decline
2FinnishaletaTo descend, come/go down, move downwards;...
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa