Where does “heti kun” come from?

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

heti kun (Finnish): as soon as immediately after

Definitions

  1. as soon as immediately after

Ancestry of “heti kun”, step by step

heti kun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhetiright away; as soon as
2Finnishhäti—
3Finnishhätäemergency; distress; need, necessity
4Proto-Finnichätäemergency; distress, agony
5Proto-Finnicšätähundred
6Proto-Germanicsētōplace, position; lying in wait, ambush
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Finnish kun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkunwhen, as; as soon as, once; expresses that the...
2Finnishmoinensuch; -like
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sētō →Every word from Proto-Finnic šätä →