Where does “herätyssoitto” come from?

herätyssoitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitto, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

herätyssoitto (Finnish): wake-up call

Definitions

  1. wake-up call

Ancestry of “herätyssoitto”, step by step

herätyssoitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittomusic; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell
2Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish herätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherätyswake-up, awakening; revival, awakening; reveille
2Finnishherättääto wake up, awake(n)
3Finnishherätäto awake, to wake up, to awaken; to arise, to be...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-