Where does “vahtiajastin” come from?

vahtiajastin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajastin, from Finnish ajastaa, from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

vahtiajastin (Finnish): watchdog timer

Definitions

  1. watchdog timer

Ancestry of “vahtiajastin”, step by step

vahtiajastin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ajastin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishajastintimer; First-person singular indicative past form...
2FinnishajastaaTo time
3Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
4Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
5Hungarianisischool
6Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
7HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
8Albanian-ing, -ion
9Proto-West Germanic-jā
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish vahti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahtiguard; watch; Third-person singular indicative...
2Middle Low Germanwachtwatch
3Proto-Germanicwahtwōwatch, vigil
4Proto-Germanicwakanąto wake, be awake, arise
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong
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