Where does “seisake” come from?
seisake (Finnish) comes from Finnish seisahtaa, from Finnish seisoa, from Finnish seistä, from Proto-Finnic saictak, from Proto-Uralic sańśa-, from Proto-Uralic säńśä- — to stand.
seisake (Finnish): railway stop, (UK) halt, (USA) flag stop, whistle-stop a place where train stops to let off passengers, without infrastructure of a station
Definitions
- railway stop, (UK) halt, (USA) flag stop, whistle-stop a place where train stops to let off passengers, without infrastructure of a station
Ancestry of “seisake”, step by step
seisake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish seisahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seisahtaa | to come to a halt, come to a standstill |
| 2 | Finnish | seisoa | to stand; to be still, be at a halt; "adessive" +... |
| 3 | Finnish | seistä | Synonym of seisoa; Elative singular form of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | saictak | to stand; to stop, to halt |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | sańśa- | to stand |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | säńśä- | to stand |