Where does “virtajohdin” come from?

virtajohdin (Finnish) comes from Finnish johdin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

virtajohdin (Finnish): power conductor, current conductor, current carrying conductor

Definitions

  1. power conductor, current conductor, current carrying conductor

Ancestry of “virtajohdin”, step by step

virtajohdin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish johdin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohdinconductor; derivational affix; duct
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish johdin →