Where does “tasavirtalähde” come from?

tasavirtalähde (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähde, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

tasavirtalähde (Finnish): direct current power supply, DC power supply

Definitions

  1. direct current power supply, DC power supply

Ancestry of “tasavirtalähde”, step by step

tasavirtalähde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lähde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähdespring; source; source, origin
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish tasavirta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasavirtadirect current
2Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
3Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
4Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης