Where does “informaatioähky” come from?

informaatioähky (Finnish) comes from Finnish ähky, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

informaatioähky (Finnish): information overload

Definitions

  1. information overload

Ancestry of “informaatioähky”, step by step

informaatioähky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ähky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishähkyhorse colic; swell; colic
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish informaatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinformaatioinformation
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish ähky →