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Where does “uutispimennys” come from?

uutispimennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pimennys, from Finnish pimentyä, from Finnish pimentää, from Finnish pimetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

uutispimennys (Finnish): news blackout

Definitions

  1. news blackout

Ancestry of “uutispimennys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpimennyseclipse
2FinnishpimentyäTo darken
3Finnishpimentääto darken
4Finnishpimetäto darken, to get dark
5Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
6Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
7Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
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