Where does “riietus” come from?

riietus (Estonian) comes from Estonian riietama, from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

riietus (Estonian): clothing, clothes, outfit

Definitions

  1. clothing, clothes, outfit

Ancestry of “riietus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianriietamato clothe, to dress
2Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →