Where does “virtavahvistin” come from?

virtavahvistin (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahvistin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

virtavahvistin (Finnish): current amplifier

Definitions

  1. current amplifier

Ancestry of “virtavahvistin”, step by step

virtavahvistin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahvistin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahvistinamplifier; First-person singular indicative past...
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 vahvistin →