Where does “hyvitys” come from?
hyvitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyvittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hyvitys (Finnish): rebate, refund; atonement
Definitions
- rebate, refund; atonement
Ancestry of “hyvitys”, step by step
hyvitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hyvittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyvittää | To compensate, recompense, reimburse; To credit;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |