Where does “jättöreuna” come from?
jättöreuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish jättö, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jättöreuna (Finnish): trailing edge
Ancestry of “jättöreuna”, step by step
jättöreuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jättö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jättö | leaving; delivery; filing |
| 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 reuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reuna | rim; brink, edge, border; boundary |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | reuna | edge |