Where does “hätä” come from?

hätä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic hätä, from Proto-Finnic šätä, from Proto-Germanic sētō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

hätä (Finnish): emergency; distress; need, necessity

Definitions

  1. emergency; distress; need, necessity

Ancestry of “hätä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichätäemergency; distress, agony
2Proto-Finnicšätähundred
3Proto-Germanicsētōplace, position; lying in wait, ambush
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “hätä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sētō →Every word from Proto-Finnic šätä →