Where does “suojajännitemuuntaja” come from?
suojajännitemuuntaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish suojajännite, from Finnish suoja, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油 — bean paste.
suojajännitemuuntaja (Finnish): safety isolating transformer
Definitions
- safety isolating transformer
Ancestry of “suojajännitemuuntaja”, step by step
suojajännitemuuntaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suojajännite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suojajännite | safety voltage, safety extra-low voltage |
| 2 | Finnish | suoja | shelter; protective covering; refuge |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sooja | shelter; protection; warm |
| 4 | Russian | со́я | jay {{i|dialectal}} |
| 5 | Dutch | soja | soy |
| 6 | Japanese | そい | 醤油 soy sauce |
| 7 | Japanese | 醤油 | soy sauce |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 醬油 | — |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 醬 | bean paste |
via Finnish muuntaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muuntaja | transformer; charger, adapter |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |