Where does “havittelu” come from?
havittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish havitella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
havittelu (Finnish): craving, hankering, yearning
Definitions
- craving, hankering, yearning
Ancestry of “havittelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | havitella | to be after, aspire, hanker |
| 2 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |