Where does “hehkusytytys” come from?

hehkusytytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytytys, from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hehkusytytys (Finnish): preignition caused by incandescence of carbon deposits

Definitions

  1. preignition caused by incandescence of carbon deposits

Ancestry of “hehkusytytys”, step by step

hehkusytytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sytytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsytytysignition
2FinnishsytyttääTo light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish hehku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhehkuglow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak