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Where does “heikentymä” come from?

heikentymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish heikentyä, 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...

heikentymä (Finnish): a weakened part or spot; a result of weakening;...

Definitions

  1. a weakened part or spot; a result of weakening;...

Ancestry of “heikentymä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheikentyäto weaken, grow/become weaker; to deteriorate,...
2Finnishheikentääto weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; to...
3FinnishheiketäTo weaken, become weaker; To abate; To...
4Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
5Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →