Where does “kytkentävakio” come from?

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

kytkentävakio (Finnish): coupling constant

Definitions

  1. coupling constant

Ancestry of “kytkentävakio”, step by step

kytkentävakio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kytkentä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkentäcoupling
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind

via Finnish vakio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakioconstant
2Finnishväkäbarb; fluke
3Proto-Finnicvakacalm; steady, stable
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke-Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäkEvery word from Finnish kytkeä