Where does “sytytystulppa” come from?
sytytystulppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytytys, from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sytytystulppa (Finnish): A spark plug
Ancestry of “sytytystulppa”, step by step
sytytystulppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sytytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sytytys | ignition |
| 2 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish tulppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulppa | A plug; A spigot; A stopper |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *stulpô | post, pole, column |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |