Where does “hengitys” come from?

hengitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hengittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hengitys (Finnish): breath, breathing

Definitions

  1. breath, breathing

Ancestry of “hengitys”, step by step

hengitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhengittääto breathe
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “hengitys

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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