Where does “sähkötys” come from?

sähkötys (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.

sähkötys (Finnish): telegraphing

Definitions

  1. telegraphing

Ancestry of “sähkötys”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sähkötys”

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