Where does “höyrytys” come from?

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

höyrytys (Finnish): steaming

Definitions

  1. steaming

Ancestry of “höyrytys”, step by step

höyrytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish höyryttää

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak