Where does “muuntamorakennus” come from?

muuntamorakennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuntamo, from Finnish muuntaa, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.

muuntamorakennus (Finnish): transformer (substation) building

Definitions

  1. transformer (substation) building

Ancestry of “muuntamorakennus”, step by step

muuntamorakennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuntamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuntamotransformer station or substation
2Finnishmuuntaato convert, transform; Third-person singular...
3Finnishmuuother, another; the others; else
4Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
5Proto-Finno-Ugricmu

via Finnish rakennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakennusbuilding; building, construction
2Finnishrakentaato build, construct
3Proto-Finnicrakentadak
4Proto-Finno-Ugricrakkɜ-to make, prepare, build
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muEvery word from Proto-Finnic muuEvery word from Finnish muu