Where does “itkettyä” come from?

itkettyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish itkettää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

itkettyä (Finnish): to weep, cry

Definitions

  1. to weep, cry

Ancestry of “itkettyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitkettääto make (someone) cry
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 →