Where does “elätys” come from?
elätys (Finnish) comes from Finnish elättää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
elätys (Finnish): sustenance, keep, supporting, maintaining
Definitions
- sustenance, keep, supporting, maintaining
Ancestry of “elätys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | elättää | to maintain; to support (living of), provide for; feed, provide food (and other necessities of life) for |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |