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Where does “höyrytellä” come from?

höyrytellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish höyryttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

höyrytellä (Finnish): to steam; to vape; to smoke

Definitions

  1. to steam; to vape; to smoke

Ancestry of “höyrytellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyryttääto steam
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →