Where does “hienoviritteinen” come from?

hienoviritteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish virittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hienoviritteinen (Finnish): intricate, sophisticated

Definitions

  1. intricate, sophisticated

Ancestry of “hienoviritteinen”, step by step

hienoviritteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirittääto tune; to voice; to tune in
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 hieno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhienofine; elegant, fancy, posh; exquisite
2Proto-Finnicheenofine, thin
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →