Where does “kytkin” come from?

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

kytkin (Finnish): switch; clutch; First-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. switch; clutch; First-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “kytkin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kytkin

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