Where does “ennätyskirja” come from?

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

ennätyskirja (Finnish): book of records book documenting achievements that reached extreme values

Definitions

  1. book of records book documenting achievements that reached extreme values

Ancestry of “ennätyskirja”, step by step

ennätyskirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ennätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishennätysrecord
2Finnishennättääto make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →