Where does “ketjunkatkaisin” come from?

ketjunkatkaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ketju, from Swedish kedja, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

ketjunkatkaisin (Finnish): bicycle chain tool, bicycle chain splitter, bicycle chain breaker tool for disassembling and assembling a bicycle chain

Definitions

  1. bicycle chain tool, bicycle chain splitter, bicycle chain breaker tool for disassembling and assembling a bicycle chain

Ancestry of “ketjunkatkaisin”, step by step

ketjunkatkaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
2Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

via Finnish katkaisin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkaisincircuit breaker; switch; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Swedish kedja →