Where does “hälytys” come from?

hälytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hälyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hälytys (Finnish): alarm; alarm, alert

Definitions

  1. alarm; alarm, alert

Ancestry of “hälytys”, step by step

hälytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hälyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhälyttääTo alarm
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “hälytys

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak