Where does “lähisytytin” come from?
lähisytytin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytytin, from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lähisytytin (Finnish): proximity fuse fuse designed to detonate an explosive automatically when close enough to a target
Definitions
- proximity fuse fuse designed to detonate an explosive automatically when close enough to a target
Ancestry of “lähisytytin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sytytin | lighter, cigarette lighter; primer, detonator;... |
| 2 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |