Where does “ennätyskorkeus” come from?
ennätyskorkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ennätys, from Finnish ennättää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
ennätyskorkeus (Finnish): record height
Ancestry of “ennätyskorkeus”, step by step
ennätyskorkeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ennätys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ennätys | record |
| 2 | Finnish | ennättää | to make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish korkeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korkeus | height; altitude |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | korkeduc | height; altitude |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | korkeda | tall, high |