Where does “hälytyspainike” come from?
hälytyspainike (Finnish) comes from Finnish hälytys, from Finnish hälyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hälytyspainike (Finnish): alarm button
Ancestry of “hälytyspainike”, step by step
hälytyspainike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hälytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hälytys | alarm; alarm, alert |
| 2 | Finnish | hälyttää | To alarm |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish painike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painike | button, push-button; a mechanical device meant to... |
| 2 | Finnish | painaa | to push, press; to print; to weigh |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |