Where does “flirttailija” come from?

flirttailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish flirttailla, from Finnish flirtata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

flirttailija (Finnish): flirter, one who habitually flirts

Definitions

  1. flirter, one who habitually flirts

Ancestry of “flirttailija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishflirttaillato flirt, come on to somebody
2FinnishflirtataTo flirt
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →