Where does “muistikatkos” come from?
muistikatkos (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisti, from Finnish muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
muistikatkos (Finnish): blackout temporary loss of memory
Definitions
- blackout temporary loss of memory
Ancestry of “muistikatkos”, step by step
muistikatkos 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 katkos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katkos | interruption, stoppage; outage |
| 2 | Finnish | katkoa | to cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | katkoidak | to break, to snap; to tear |