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Where does “elättää” come from?

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

elättää (Finnish): To maintain; to support , provide for; To feed,...

Definitions

  1. To maintain; to support , provide for; To feed,...

Ancestry of “elättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “elättää”

  • elätti
  • elatusapu
  • elatusmalja
  • elatus
  • elätellä
  • elatusaine
  • elatusvelvollisuus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →