Where does “sähkötuuletin” come from?

sähkötuuletin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sähkö, from Finnish sähähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.

sähkötuuletin (Finnish): blower ducted fan

Definitions

  1. blower ducted fan

Ancestry of “sähkötuuletin”, step by step

sähkötuuletin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sähkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsähköelectricity
2Finnishsähähtääto sizzle
3Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
4Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
5Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

via Finnish tuuletin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuuletinfan; First-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnishtuulettaato air, ventilate, fan; to celebrate a goal or a...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta-Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadakEvery word from Finnish ahtaa
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