Where does “hätäkatkaisin” come from?

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

hätäkatkaisin (Finnish): emergency switch

Definitions

  1. emergency switch

Ancestry of “hätäkatkaisin”, step by step

hätäkatkaisin 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 katkaisin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkaisincircuit breaker; switch; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sētō →Every word from Proto-Finnic šätä →