Where does “etujalka” come from?
etujalka (Finnish) comes from Ingrian jalka, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
etujalka (Finnish): foreleg, forefoot
Ancestry of “etujalka”, step by step
etujalka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ingrian jalka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | jalka | leg |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish jalka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jalka | foot; leg; the lower limb of a human |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jalka | leg; foot |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jalka | — |