Where does “sähkö” come from?

sähkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish sähähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.

sähkö (Finnish): electricity

Definitions

  1. electricity

Ancestry of “sähkö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsähähtääto sizzle
2Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
3Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
4Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

Words derived from “sähkö”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadak →Every word from Finnish ahtaa →
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