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Where does “keskeytys” come from?

keskeytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskeyttää, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

keskeytys (Finnish): interruption; pause; suspension

Definitions

  1. interruption; pause; suspension

Ancestry of “keskeytys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskeyttääto interrupt, cut short, cut off, break off; to...
2Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
3Ingrian-ua—
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →