Where does “alkukiihdytys” come from?

alkukiihdytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiihdytys, from Finnish kiihdyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

alkukiihdytys (Finnish): initial acceleration

Definitions

  1. initial acceleration

Ancestry of “alkukiihdytys”, step by step

alkukiihdytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiihdytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiihdytysacceleration
2Finnishkiihdyttääto accelerate; to escalate; to hasten,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish alku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak