Where does “tyhjäkäyvä” come from?

tyhjäkäyvä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyhjä, from Proto-Finnic tühjä, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tuskjas, from Proto-Indo-European tews-, from Proto-Indo-European tu- — to swell; bird-cry, shriek.

tyhjäkäyvä (Finnish): idle, idling e.g. of a voltage transformer

Definitions

  1. idle, idling e.g. of a voltage transformer

Ancestry of “tyhjäkäyvä”, step by step

tyhjäkäyvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyhjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhjäempty; blank; void
2Proto-Finnictühjäempty
3Proto-Balto-Slavictuskjasempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeantews-to be empty; to drain; to be happy
5Proto-Indo-Europeantu-to swell; bird-cry, shriek

via Finnish käyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäyväPresent active participle of käydä
2Finnish-stiForms adverbs describing how many times something...
3Proto-Finnic-stikForms adverbs of manner from adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tu- →