Where does “alueliitto” come from?

alueliitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitto, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

alueliitto (Finnish): regional association, regional union

Definitions

  1. regional association, regional union

Ancestry of “alueliitto”, step by step

alueliitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliittocooperation based on common agreement, union;...
2Finnishliittääto join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak