Where does “Y-liittymä” come from?
Y-liittymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liittymä, from Finnish liittyä, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Y-liittymä (Finnish): Y-junction
Definitions
- Y-junction
Ancestry of “Y-liittymä”, step by step
Y-liittymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liittymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liittymä | exit, intersection, junction on a highway;... |
| 2 | Finnish | liittyä | to join; to be related to, be associated with, be... |
| 3 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | y | — |