Where does “jäljitellä” come from?

jäljitellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäljittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jäljitellä (Finnish): to imitate; to mimic, ape, mock

Definitions

  1. to imitate; to mimic, ape, mock

Ancestry of “jäljitellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäljittääto track, trace; to track; to track down
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “jäljitellä

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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