Where does “hilsettyä” come from?

hilsettyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hilsettyä (Finnish): To become covered with dandruff

Definitions

  1. To become covered with dandruff

Ancestry of “hilsettyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
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 →