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Where does “ehdyttää” come from?

ehdyttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ehtyä, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.

ehdyttää (Finnish): To exhaust, to cause to dry up

Definitions

  1. To exhaust, to cause to dry up

Ancestry of “ehdyttää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehtyäto dry up, to run dry, to run out
2Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
3Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
4Idotuyou , thou
5Spanishtúyou; thou
6Latintuusyour
7Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
8Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
9Polishtuhere
10Polishbyćto be
11Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
12Old Polishmóc—
13Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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