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Where does “heikentyä” come from?

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

heikentyä (Finnish): to weaken, grow/become weaker; to deteriorate,...

Definitions

  1. to weaken, grow/become weaker; to deteriorate,...

Ancestry of “heikentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheikentääto weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; to...
2FinnishheiketäTo weaken, become weaker; To abate; To...
3Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
4Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “heikentyä”

  • heikentymätön
  • heikentymä
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