Where does “ennättää” come from?

ennättää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ennättää (Finnish): to make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry

Definitions

  1. to make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry

Ancestry of “ennättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “ennättää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →