Where does “vikavirtasuojakytkin” come from?
vikavirtasuojakytkin (Finnish) comes from Finnish suojakytkin, from Finnish suoja, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油 — bean paste.
vikavirtasuojakytkin (Finnish): residual-current device, residual current circuit breaker, ground fault circuit interrupter, ground fault interrupter device that disconnects an electric circuit whenever it detects an imbalance between the energized conductor and the return conductor
Definitions
- residual-current device, residual current circuit breaker, ground fault circuit interrupter, ground fault interrupter device that disconnects an electric circuit whenever it detects an imbalance between the energized conductor and the return conductor
Ancestry of “vikavirtasuojakytkin”, step by step
vikavirtasuojakytkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suojakytkin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suojakytkin | protection circuit breaker |
| 2 | Finnish | suoja | shelter; protective covering; refuge |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sooja | shelter; protection; warm |
| 4 | Russian | со́я | jay {{i|dialectal}} |
| 5 | Dutch | soja | soy |
| 6 | Japanese | そい | 醤油 soy sauce |
| 7 | Japanese | 醤油 | soy sauce |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 醬油 | — |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 醬 | bean paste |
via Finnish vikavirta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vikavirta | residual current, fault current abnormal electrical current that occurs during an electrical fault |
| 2 | Finnish | vika | flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain... |
| 3 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |