Where does “katkoja” come from?

katkoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish katkoa, from Proto-Finnic katkoidak — to break, to snap; to tear.

katkoja (Finnish): A contact breaker; the part in a distributor in an internal combustion engine that connects and disconnects the contact between the ignition coil and the spark plugs

Definitions

  1. A contact breaker; the part in a distributor in an internal combustion engine that connects and disconnects the contact between the ignition coil and the spark plugs

Ancestry of “katkoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkoato cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut...
2Proto-Finnickatkoidakto break, to snap; to tear
Every word from Proto-Finnic katkoidak →Every word from Finnish katkoa →