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Where does “elintenluovutus” come from?

elintenluovutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish luovutus, from Finnish luovuttaa, from Finnish luopua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

elintenluovutus (Finnish): organ donation

Definitions

  1. organ donation

Ancestry of “elintenluovutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluovutusextradition; donation; release, surrender
2Finnishluovuttaato hand over, surrender, give up, deliver,...
3Finnishluopuato abandon, relinquish
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →