Where does “sähköttäjä” come from?

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

sähköttäjä (Finnish): telegrapher

Definitions

  1. telegrapher

Ancestry of “sähköttäjä”, step by step

sähköttäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sähköttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsähköttääto wire, telegraph
2Finnishsähköelectricity
3Finnishsähähtääto sizzle
4Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
5Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
6Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “sähköttäjä”

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