Where does “-ttua” come from?

-ttua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

-ttua (Finnish): Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...

Definitions

  1. Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...

Ancestry of “-ttua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “-ttua”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →