Where does “värinähälytys” come from?

värinähälytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hälytys, from Finnish hälyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

värinähälytys (Finnish): vibrate setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound

Definitions

  1. vibrate setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound

Ancestry of “värinähälytys”, step by step

värinähälytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hälytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhälytysalarm; alarm, alert
2FinnishhälyttääTo alarm
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish värinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvärinäflutter; fibrillation; jitter
2Finnishväristäto shiver; to quiver; to tremble
3Proto-Finnicväristäkto shiver, to quiver, to tremble
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →