Where does “lukitusvahvistin” come from?

lukitusvahvistin (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukitus, from Finnish lukita, from Finnish lukko, from Proto-Germanic lukǭ, from Proto-Indo-European lewg- — to bend.

lukitusvahvistin (Finnish): lock-in amplifier

Definitions

  1. lock-in amplifier

Ancestry of “lukitusvahvistin”, step by step

lukitusvahvistin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lukitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukituslocking
2Finnishlukitato lock
3Finnishlukkolock; bolt; clasp
4Proto-Germaniclukǭlock, clasp, shutter, opening
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewg-to bend

via Finnish vahvistin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahvistinamplifier; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lukǭ →Every word from Finnish lukko →
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