Where does “kytkös” come from?

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

kytkös (Finnish): connection, affiliation

Definitions

  1. connection, affiliation

Ancestry of “kytkös”, step by step

kytkös traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kytkeä

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

via Finnish os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishos—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk →Every word from Finnish kytkeä →