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Where does “hellittää” come from?

hellittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish hellitä, from Finnish Hellä, from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa — flat.

hellittää (Finnish): to loosen; to release; to ease up

Definitions

  1. to loosen; to release; to ease up

Ancestry of “hellittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhellitäTo make it , arrive , reach; To come...
2FinnishHellä—
3Swedishhålla stop, a station; a direction; a range, a...
4Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
5Old Swedishplatz—
6Old Norseplaz—
7Middle Low Germanplatse—
8Latinplatēa—
9Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
10Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “hellittää”

  • hellittämätön
  • hellittämättömyys
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →