Where does “kytkentälevy” come from?
kytkentälevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish kytkentä, from Finnish kytkeä, from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.
kytkentälevy (Finnish): prototype board
Ancestry of “kytkentälevy”, step by step
kytkentälevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kytkentä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kytkentä | coupling |
| 2 | Finnish | kytkeä | to hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kütkedäk | to bind, to tie |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kütke- | to bind |
via Finnish levy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levy | plate; board; slab |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |