Where does “virtakytkin” come from?

virtakytkin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kytkin, from Finnish kytkeä, from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk, from Proto-Uralic kütke- — to bind.

virtakytkin (Finnish): power switch, ignition switch

Definitions

  1. power switch, ignition switch

Ancestry of “virtakytkin”, step by step

virtakytkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kytkin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkytkinswitch; clutch; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishkytkeäto hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to...
3Proto-Finnickütkedäkto bind, to tie
4Proto-Uralickütke-to bind

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic kütke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kütkedäk →Every word from Finnish kytkeä →