Where does “pakettikytkentä” come from?

pakettikytkentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish paketti, from Swedish paket, from French paquet, from Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

pakettikytkentä (Finnish): packet switching

Definitions

  1. packet switching

Ancestry of “pakettikytkentä”, step by step

pakettikytkentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paketti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakettipackage; parcel; packet
2Swedishpaketa package, a parcel, a packet, a wrapped gift
3Frenchpaquetpacket; pack; parcel
4Middle Frenchpaquet—
5Middle Dutchpac—
6Old Dutchpakko—
7Frankishpakkō—
8Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

via Finnish kytkentä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkentäcoupling
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind
Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →Every word from Frankish pakkō →Every word from Old Dutch pakko →