Where does “jäte” come from?

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

jäte (Finnish): waste, garbage, rubbish

Definitions

  1. waste, garbage, rubbish

Ancestry of “jäte”, step by step

jäte 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 e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “jäte”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jättädäk →