Where does “sytytyskatko” come from?
sytytyskatko (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytytys, from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sytytyskatko (Finnish): misfire of an engine: act of misfiring, or failing to ignite in the proper sequence
Definitions
- misfire of an engine: act of misfiring, or failing to ignite in the proper sequence
Ancestry of “sytytyskatko”, step by step
sytytyskatko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sytytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sytytys | ignition |
| 2 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kätkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kätkö | hoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kätkeä | to hide, conceal; to stash; to bury |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kätkedäk | to hide, to conceal |
| 4 | Finnish | kätke- | — |