Where does “kusihätä” come from?

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

kusihätä (Finnish): needing to piss

Definitions

  1. needing to piss

Ancestry of “kusihätä”, step by step

kusihätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhätäemergency; distress; need, necessity
2Proto-Finnichätäemergency; distress, agony
3Proto-Finnicšätähundred
4Proto-Germanicsētōplace, position; lying in wait, ambush
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Finnish kusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkusiurine, piss; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnickusiurine
3Proto-Uralickuńśeant; urine; star
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sētō →Every word from Proto-Finnic šätä →
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