Where does “hätähuuto” come from?

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

hätähuuto (Finnish): cry of alarm, cry for help

Definitions

  1. cry of alarm, cry for help

Ancestry of “hätähuuto”, step by step

hätähuuto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhätäemergency; distress; need, necessity
2Proto-Finnichätäemergency; distress, agony
3Proto-Finnicšätähundred
4Proto-Germanicsētōplace, position; lying in wait, ambush
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Finnish huuto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuutoscream, cry
2Finnishhuutaato shout, yell, holler; to scream, shriek; to...
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