Where does “-ätä” come from?
-ätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
-ätä (Finnish): Front vowel variant of -ata
Definitions
- Front vowel variant of -ata
Ancestry of “-ätä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |