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Where does “varikkopysähdys” come from?

varikkopysähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pysähdys, from Finnish pysähtyä, from Finnish pysähtää, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

varikkopysähdys (Finnish): pit stop

Definitions

  1. pit stop

Ancestry of “varikkopysähdys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysähdysstop-over
2Finnishpysähtyäto stop, pause, halt
3Finnishpysähtääto stop by, to stop briefly; to stop
4Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
5Proto-Finnic-ahtadak—
6Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →