Where does “valonvahvistin” come from?

valonvahvistin (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahvistin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

valonvahvistin (Finnish): light amplifier

Definitions

  1. light amplifier

Ancestry of “valonvahvistin”, step by step

valonvahvistin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahvistin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahvistinamplifier; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish valo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalolight
2Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish vahvistin →