Where does “kiehutusreaktori” come from?

kiehutusreaktori (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiehutus, from Finnish kiehuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kiehutusreaktori (Finnish): boiling water reactor

Definitions

  1. boiling water reactor

Ancestry of “kiehutusreaktori”, step by step

kiehutusreaktori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiehutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiehutusboiling
2Finnishkiehuttaato boil
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish reaktori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreaktorireactor
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak