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Where does “jähmettää” come from?

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

jähmettää (Finnish): To solidify; To petrify

Definitions

  1. To solidify; To petrify

Ancestry of “jähmettää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “jähmettää”

  • jähmettyä
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →