Where does “tasavirtageneraattori” come from?

tasavirtageneraattori (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasavirta, from Finnish virta, from Proto-Finnic virta, from Proto-Slavic vьrtъ — turn, enclosure.

tasavirtageneraattori (Finnish): direct current generator

Definitions

  1. direct current generator

Ancestry of “tasavirtageneraattori”, step by step

tasavirtageneraattori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasavirta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasavirtadirect current
2Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
3Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
4Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure

via Finnish generaattori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgeneraattorigenerator
Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrtъ →Every word from Proto-Finnic virta →Every word from Finnish virta →