Where does “jäljitys” come from?

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

jäljitys (Finnish): tracking

Definitions

  1. tracking

Ancestry of “jäljitys”, step by step

jäljitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäljittää

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-

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “jäljitys

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