Where does “jäteaine” come from?
jäteaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jäteaine (Finnish): waste material
Ancestry of “jäteaine”, step by step
jäteaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäte | waste, garbage, rubbish |
| 2 | Finnish | jättää | to leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jättädäk | to leave |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish aine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aine | matter, material, substance; subject, discipline;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | abniją | That which is made; material; stuff |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *abnijaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ōp- | to achieve |