Where does “Kuntaliitto” come from?
Kuntaliitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitto, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Kuntaliitto (Finnish): short for Suomen Kuntaliitto, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (the translation used by the association of itself); a national association whose membership consists of the towns and other municipalities in Finland
Definitions
- short for Suomen Kuntaliitto, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (the translation used by the association of itself); a national association whose membership consists of the towns and other municipalities in Finland
Ancestry of “Kuntaliitto”, step by step
Kuntaliitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liitto | cooperation based on common agreement, union;... |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |