Where does “jännittyä” come from?

jännittyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jännittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jännittyä (Finnish): To tense

Definitions

  1. To tense

Ancestry of “jännittyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännittääto tense; to tension; to flex
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-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →