Where does “sähköneristin” come from?
sähköneristin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sähkö, from Finnish sähähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.
sähköneristin (Finnish): electrical insulator an electrically insulating structure used to support or attach a conductor
Definitions
- electrical insulator an electrically insulating structure used to support or attach a conductor
Ancestry of “sähköneristin”, step by step
sähköneristin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sähkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sähkö | electricity |
| 2 | Finnish | sähähtää | to sizzle |
| 3 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |
via Finnish eristin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eristin | insulator; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | eristää | to isolate, seclude, sequester; to quarantine; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | eri | different, other, another; different, separate;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |