Where does “sähkövuo” come from?

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

sähkövuo (Finnish): electric flux

Definitions

  1. electric flux

Ancestry of “sähkövuo”, step by step

sähkövuo 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 vuo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoflow; flux
2PolishwuThe name of the Latin-script letter W
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadak →Every word from Finnish ahtaa →