Where does “sähkökatko” come from?

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

sähkökatko (Finnish): blackout, power outage, power failure

Definitions

  1. blackout, power outage, power failure

Ancestry of “sähkökatko”, step by step

sähkökatko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sähkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsähköelectricity
2Finnishsähähtääto sizzle
3Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
4Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
5Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

via Finnish kätkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätköhoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,...
2Finnishkätkeäto hide, conceal; to stash; to bury
3Proto-Finnickätkedäkto hide, to conceal
4Finnishkätke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadak →Every word from Finnish ahtaa →