Where does “elättäjä” come from?

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

elättäjä (Finnish): breadwinner

Definitions

  1. breadwinner

Ancestry of “elättäjä”, 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 →
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