Where does “elätellä” come from?

elätellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish elättää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

elätellä (Finnish): To maintain

Definitions

  1. To maintain

Ancestry of “elätellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelättääto maintain; to support (living of), provide for; feed, provide food (and other necessities of life) for
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →