Where does “muistikatko” come from?
muistikatko (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisti, from Finnish muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
muistikatko (Finnish): blackout
Ancestry of “muistikatko”, step by step
muistikatko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muisti | memory; Third-person singular past form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | muistaa | to remember, recall, recollect; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | to understand |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |
via Finnish kätkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kätkö | hoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kätkeä | to hide, conceal; to stash; to bury |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kätkedäk | to hide, to conceal |
| 4 | Finnish | kätke- | — |