Where does “sytytysmuuntaja” come from?

sytytysmuuntaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuntaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sytytysmuuntaja (Finnish): ignition transformer

Definitions

  1. ignition transformer

Ancestry of “sytytysmuuntaja”, step by step

sytytysmuuntaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuntaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuntajatransformer; charger, adapter
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish sytytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsytytysignition
2FinnishsytyttääTo light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw