Where does “pienoisjännitteinen” come from?

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

pienoisjännitteinen (Finnish): extra low-voltage

Definitions

  1. extra low-voltage

Ancestry of “pienoisjännitteinen”, step by step

pienoisjännitteinen 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 pienoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienoinentiny, little, weensy
2Finnishöinennocturnal
3Finnishperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
4Proto-Finnicöönight
5Proto-Finno-Ugricüje
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-