Where does “keskitin” come from?

keskitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

keskitin (Finnish): hub networking device which repeats network messages or packets to all connected devices

Definitions

  1. hub networking device which repeats network messages or packets to all connected devices

Ancestry of “keskitin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskittääto focus, concentrate; to centralize; to center,...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →