Where does “hätätikkaat” come from?

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

hätätikkaat (Finnish): emergency ladder

Definitions

  1. emergency ladder

Ancestry of “hätätikkaat”, step by step

hätätikkaat 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 tikkaat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkaatladder; Second-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishtikasladder; rung of a ladder
3Old Swedishstighi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sētō →Every word from Proto-Finnic šätä →
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