Where does “kolmivaihejännite” come from?

kolmivaihejännite (Finnish) comes from Finnish jännite, from Finnish jännittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kolmivaihejännite (Finnish): three-phase voltage

Definitions

  1. three-phase voltage

Ancestry of “kolmivaihejännite”, step by step

kolmivaihejännite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jännite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännitevoltage; tension
2Finnishjännittääto tense; to tension; to flex
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish kolmivaiheinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmivaiheinenthree-phase, triphasic
2Finnishkolmi-tri-, three-, triple
3Finnishkolmethree
4Finnishkolmitri-
5Proto-Uralic*kolme
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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