Where does “itsetyydytys” come from?
itsetyydytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyydytys, from Finnish tyydyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
itsetyydytys (Finnish): masturbation
Ancestry of “itsetyydytys”, step by step
itsetyydytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tyydytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tyydytys | satisfaction; gratification |
| 2 | Finnish | tyydyttää | to satisfy; to sate |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish itse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 3 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |