Where does “hätyyttely” come from?
hätyyttely (Finnish) comes from Finnish hätyytellä, from Finnish hätyyttää, from Finnish hätä, from Proto-Finnic hätä, from Proto-Finnic šätä, from Proto-Germanic sētō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
hätyyttely (Finnish): driving off, shooing
Definitions
- driving off, shooing
Ancestry of “hätyyttely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hätyytellä | to drive off, shoo |
| 2 | Finnish | hätyyttää | to drive off, shoo, try to force someone or something to leave |
| 3 | Finnish | hätä | emergency; distress; need, necessity |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hätä | emergency; distress, agony |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | šätä | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sētō | place, position; lying in wait, ambush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |