Where does “sytytysjännite” come from?

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

sytytysjännite (Finnish): ignition voltage

Definitions

  1. ignition voltage

Ancestry of “sytytysjännite”, step by step

sytytysjännite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jännite

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-

via Finnish sytytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsytytysignition
2FinnishsytyttääTo light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire...
3Finnishsyttyäto ignite, be ignited, catch fire; to be turned...
4Finnishsyteäto strike fast, especially of striking two things...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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