Where does “kytkentä” come from?

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

kytkentä (Finnish): coupling

Definitions

  1. coupling

Ancestry of “kytkentä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kytkentä

Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke-Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäkEvery word from Finnish kytkeä