Where does “virroitin” come from?
virroitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish virroittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
virroitin (Finnish): current collector; a device that collects electric current from overhead lines; a pantograph, trolley pole, etc
Definitions
- current collector; a device that collects electric current from overhead lines; a pantograph, trolley pole, etc
Ancestry of “virroitin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virroittaa | to energize, to charge, to power |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |