Where does “pidätys” come from?

pidätys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pidättää, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pidätys (Finnish): arrest, seizure; detention; suspension

Definitions

  1. arrest, seizure; detention; suspension

Ancestry of “pidätys”, step by step

pidätys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pidättää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpidättääto hold back, restrain, hinder, curb; to...
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “pidätys

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää