Where does “jätös” come from?

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

jätös (Finnish): anything left behind by a wild animal, such as excrement or scraps of food; waste, dropping

Definitions

  1. anything left behind by a wild animal, such as excrement or scraps of food; waste, dropping

Ancestry of “jätös”, step by step

jätös traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jättää

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

via Finnish os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishos
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadakEvery word from Proto-Finnic jättädäk