Where does “päivystysosasto” come from?

päivystysosasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivystys, from Finnish päivystää, from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.

päivystysosasto (Finnish): emergency ward, emergency room

Definitions

  1. emergency ward, emergency room

Ancestry of “päivystysosasto”, step by step

päivystysosasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päivystys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäivystysemergency duty, on call duty, duty, service
2FinnishpäivystääTo be on call
3Finnishpäiväday; the sun
4Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
5Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
6Proto-Uralicpäje

via Finnish osasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosastodepartment; compartment; section
2Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic päjeEvery word from Proto-Uralic päjwäEvery word from Proto-Finnic päivä