Where does “jännitteensäädin” come from?

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

jännitteensäädin (Finnish): voltage regulator

Definitions

  1. voltage regulator

Ancestry of “jännitteensäädin”, step by step

jännitteensäädin 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 säädin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäädincontroller; remote control; regulator
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa