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'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “heikentää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Finnish -etä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'ak →