Where does “-ntua” come from?

-ntua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

-ntua (Finnish): Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs

Ancestry of “-ntua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “-ntua

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -ua
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