Where does “hälytysvalo” come from?

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

hälytysvalo (Finnish): emergency light, alarm light

Definitions

  1. emergency light, alarm light

Ancestry of “hälytysvalo”, step by step

hälytysvalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hälytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhälytysalarm; alarm, alert
2FinnishhälyttääTo alarm
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish valo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalolight
2Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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