Where does “äkkipysähdys” come from?

äkkipysähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pysähdys, from Finnish pysähtyä, from Finnish pysähtää, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

äkkipysähdys (Finnish): sudden stop

Definitions

  1. sudden stop

Ancestry of “äkkipysähdys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysähdysstop-over
2Finnishpysähtyäto stop, pause, halt
3Finnishpysähtääto stop by, to stop briefly; to stop
4Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
5Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
6Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish pysähtää →