Where does “höyrytin” come from?

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

höyrytin (Finnish): steamer; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. steamer; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “höyrytin”, 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- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →