Where does “vikavirta” come from?

vikavirta (Finnish) comes from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

vikavirta (Finnish): residual current, fault current abnormal electrical current that occurs during an electrical fault

Definitions

  1. residual current, fault current abnormal electrical current that occurs during an electrical fault

Ancestry of “vikavirta”, step by step

vikavirta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvikaflaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain...
2Finnishviimeinenlast, final; nth last; dying
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish virta

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

Words derived from “vikavirta”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →