Where does “keskipakosäädin” come from?

keskipakosäädin (Finnish) comes from Finnish säädin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

keskipakosäädin (Finnish): centrifugal governor, centrifugal regulator, fly-ball governor type of mechanical governor used chiefly to maintain the rotating speed of a machine within a specified range by regulating the flow of fuel, steam etc

Definitions

  1. centrifugal governor, centrifugal regulator, fly-ball governor type of mechanical governor used chiefly to maintain the rotating speed of a machine within a specified range by regulating the flow of fuel, steam etc

Ancestry of “keskipakosäädin”, step by step

keskipakosäädin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish säädin

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

via Finnish keskipakoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskipakoinencentrifugal
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma