Where does “maadoitusjohdin” come from?

maadoitusjohdin (Finnish) comes from Finnish maadoitus, from Finnish maadoittaa, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

maadoitusjohdin (Finnish): grounding conductor, grounding wire, earthing wire

Definitions

  1. grounding conductor, grounding wire, earthing wire

Ancestry of “maadoitusjohdin”, step by step

maadoitusjohdin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maadoitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaadoitusearthing, grounding
2Finnishmaadoittaato earth, ground, ground out
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish johdin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohdinconductor; derivational affix; duct
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →