Where does “nollajohdin” come from?

nollajohdin (Finnish) comes from Finnish nolla, from Swedish nolla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nollajohdin (Finnish): neutral conductor

Definitions

  1. neutral conductor

Ancestry of “nollajohdin”, step by step

nollajohdin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnollazero; digit zero; good-for-nothing
2Swedishnollaa zero; the symbol, or digit, "0"; a zero; a...
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

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 óynosEvery word from Proto-Italic oinosEvery word from Latin nūllus