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Where does “jätättää” come from?

jätättää (Finnish) comes from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jätättää (Finnish): to lose time, lose, run slow

Definitions

  1. to lose time, lose, run slow

Ancestry of “jätättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjättääto leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit
2Proto-Finnicjättädäkto leave
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →