Where does “hengityskatkos” come from?

hengityskatkos (Finnish) comes from Finnish hengitys, from Finnish hengittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hengityskatkos (Finnish): apnea brief cessation of breathing

Definitions

  1. apnea brief cessation of breathing

Ancestry of “hengityskatkos”, step by step

hengityskatkos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhengitysbreath, breathing
2Finnishhengittääto breathe
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish katkos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkosinterruption, stoppage; outage
2Finnishkatkoato cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut...
3Proto-Finnickatkoidakto break, to snap; to tear
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →