Where does “ihmetyttää” come from?
ihmetyttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihmettyä, from Finnish ihmettää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
ihmetyttää (Finnish): to confuse, puzzle, befuddle, bewilder
Definitions
- to confuse, puzzle, befuddle, bewilder
Ancestry of “ihmetyttää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ihmettyä | to be(come) surprised, puzzled or bewildered (by) |
| 2 | Finnish | ihmettää | Synonym of ihmetyttää |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |