Where does “hiivittää” come from?

hiivittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

Ancestry of “hiivittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
2FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →