Where does “napajännite” come from?

napajännite (Finnish) comes from Finnish jännite, from Finnish jännittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

napajännite (Finnish): terminal voltage

Definitions

  1. terminal voltage

Ancestry of “napajännite”, step by step

napajännite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jännite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännitevoltage; tension
2Finnishjännittääto tense; to tension; to flex
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa