Where does “teslamuuntaja” come from?

teslamuuntaja (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.

teslamuuntaja (Finnish): Tesla coil

Definitions

  1. Tesla coil

Ancestry of “teslamuuntaja”, step by step

teslamuuntaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuntaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuntajatransformer; charger, adapter
2Finnishjäice
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 tesla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteslatesla
2Serbo-CroatianTeslaadze
3Proto-Slavictesľaadze
4Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-dʰlo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →