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Where does “elätti” come from?

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

elätti (Finnish): dependent; one who relies on another for support;...

Definitions

  1. dependent; one who relies on another for support;...

Ancestry of “elätti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelättääTo maintain; to support , provide for; To feed,...
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- →