Where does “sähkökatkos” come from?

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

sähkökatkos (Finnish): blackout, power outage, power failure break in power supply

Definitions

  1. blackout, power outage, power failure break in power supply

Ancestry of “sähkökatkos”, step by step

sähkökatkos 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 katkos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkosinterruption, stoppage; outage
2Finnishkatkoato cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut...
3Proto-Finnickatkoidakto break, to snap; to tear
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadak →Every word from Finnish ahtaa →