Where does “korkeaviritteinen” come from?

korkeaviritteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish virittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

korkeaviritteinen (Finnish): with high power-to-volume ratio capable of producing relatively large amount of power per unit of engine displacement

Definitions

  1. with high power-to-volume ratio capable of producing relatively large amount of power per unit of engine displacement

Ancestry of “korkeaviritteinen”, step by step

korkeaviritteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirittääto tune; to voice; to tune in
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish korkea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
2Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →