Where does “pysähtymismatka” come from?

pysähtymismatka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pysähtyminen, from Finnish pysähtyä, from Finnish pysähtää, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

pysähtymismatka (Finnish): stopping distance distance that is the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance

Definitions

  1. stopping distance distance that is the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance

Ancestry of “pysähtymismatka”, step by step

pysähtymismatka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pysähtyminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysähtyminenstopping; Fourth infinitive of pysähtyä
2Finnishpysähtyäto stop, pause, halt
3Finnishpysähtääto stop by, to stop briefly; to stop
4Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
5Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
6Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish pysähtää →