Where does “hiilettyä” come from?

hiilettyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiilettää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hiilettyä (Finnish): to carburize to absorb an increased amount of carbon, such as steel as a result of certain treatment

Definitions

  1. to carburize to absorb an increased amount of carbon, such as steel as a result of certain treatment

Ancestry of “hiilettyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilettääto carburize
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →