Where does “avioliitto” come from?

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

avioliitto (Finnish): marriage

Definitions

  1. marriage

Ancestry of “avioliitto”, step by step

avioliitto 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 avio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaviomarriage; marital or married
2Finnishava-

Words derived from “avioliitto

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak