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Where does “jousittaa” come from?

jousittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jousittaa (Finnish): To equip with springs

Definitions

  1. To equip with springs

Ancestry of “jousittaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “jousittaa”

  • aktiivijousitus
  • jousitus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →