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Where does “heikentää” come from?

heikentää (Finnish) comes from Finnish heiketä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

heikentää (Finnish): to weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; to...

Definitions

  1. to weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; to...

Ancestry of “heikentää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishheiketäTo weaken, become weaker; To abate; To...
2Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
3Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “heikentää”

  • heikennin
  • heikentymä
  • heikentyä
  • heikenne
  • heikentymätön
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