Where does “hävittää” come from?

hävittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hävittää (Finnish): to lose, misplace; to destroy completely,...

Definitions

  1. to lose, misplace; to destroy completely,...

Ancestry of “hävittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “hävittää

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak