Where does “häiriötapaus” come from?
häiriötapaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapaus, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz — to stand still; to harden.
häiriötapaus (Finnish): case of disturbance
Definitions
- case of disturbance
Ancestry of “häiriötapaus”, step by step
häiriötapaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tapaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tapaus | event, incident, occurrence, occasion; case,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 3 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 4 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 5 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 6 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |
via Finnish häiriö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häiriö | disorder, trouble; interference, disturbance,... |
| 2 | Finnish | häiritä | to disturb, bother, bug; to disrupt |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | häirit'äk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sairijaną | to wound, to make hurt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sairą | wound; sore |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sairaz | sore, painful |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂yro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂y- | to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind |