Where does “ennätys” come from?

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

ennätys (Finnish): record

Definitions

  1. record

Ancestry of “ennätys”, step by step

ennätys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ennättää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishennättääto make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “ennätys”

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