Where does “kytkijä” come from?

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

kytkijä (Finnish): switcher, connector one who switches or connects

Definitions

  1. switcher, connector one who switches or connects

Ancestry of “kytkijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
2Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
3Proto-Uralickütke-to bind
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk →Every word from Finnish kytkeä →