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Where does “piirikytkentä” come from?

piirikytkentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kytkentä, from Finnish kytkeä, from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.

piirikytkentä (Finnish): circuit switching

Definitions

  1. circuit switching

Ancestry of “piirikytkentä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkentäcoupling
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäk—
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →