Where does “urakatkos” come from?
urakatkos (Finnish) comes from Finnish ura, from Proto-Finnic ura, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ura.
urakatkos (Finnish): career break
Ancestry of “urakatkos”, step by step
urakatkos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ura | track, groove, rut; career; groove, slot, score |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ura | groove |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ura | — |
via Finnish katkos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katkos | interruption, stoppage; outage |
| 2 | Finnish | katkoa | to cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | katkoidak | to break, to snap; to tear |