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Where does “seisontajarru” come from?

seisontajarru (Finnish) comes from Finnish seisonta, from Finnish seisoa, from Finnish seistä, from Proto-Finnic saictak, from Proto-Uralic sańśa-, from Proto-Uralic säńśä-.

seisontajarru (Finnish): parking brake

Definitions

  1. parking brake

Ancestry of “seisontajarru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseisontastanding; laying up
2Finnishseisoato stand; to be still, be at a halt; "adessive" +...
3FinnishseistäSynonym of seisoa; Elative singular form of...
4Proto-Finnicsaictakto stand; to stop, to halt
5Proto-Uralicsańśa-to stand
6Proto-Uralicsäńśä-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic säńśä- →