Where does “ennätyspituus” come from?

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

ennätyspituus (Finnish): record length, a length record

Definitions

  1. record length, a length record

Ancestry of “ennätyspituus”, step by step

ennätyspituus 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 pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →