Where does “hävettää” come from?

hävettää (Finnish) comes from Finnish hävetä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hävettää (Finnish): to be ashamed

Definitions

  1. to be ashamed

Ancestry of “hävettää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhävetäTo be ashamed; To be afraid/ashamed; Indicative...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →