Where does “kitkakytkin” come from?

kitkakytkin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kytkin, from Finnish kytkeä, from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.

kitkakytkin (Finnish): friction clutch

Definitions

  1. friction clutch

Ancestry of “kitkakytkin”, step by step

kitkakytkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kytkin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkinswitch; clutch; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind

via Finnish Kitka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKitkaname of a lake
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk →Every word from Finnish kytkeä →