Where does “suurjännite” come from?

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

suurjännite (Finnish): high voltage

Definitions

  1. high voltage

Ancestry of “suurjännite”, step by step

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-—

Words derived from “suurjännite”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →
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