Where does “kolmiokytkentä” come from?

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

kolmiokytkentä (Finnish): delta circuit

Definitions

  1. delta circuit

Ancestry of “kolmiokytkentä”, step by step

kolmiokytkentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kytkentä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkentäcoupling
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind

via Finnish kolmio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmiotriangle; three-room apartment; give way sign,...
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk →Every word from Finnish kytkeä →