Where does “virtakatkos” come from?
virtakatkos (Finnish) comes from Finnish virta, from Proto-Finnic virta, from Proto-Slavic vьrtъ — turn, enclosure.
virtakatkos (Finnish): power supply interruption, power outage
Definitions
- power supply interruption, power outage
Ancestry of “virtakatkos”, step by step
virtakatkos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virta | flow, stream; river; current |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | virta | stream; flow, current |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vьrtъ | turn, enclosure |
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 |