Where does “jousitus” come from?

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

jousitus (Finnish): suspension; Any arrangement with similar effect

Definitions

  1. suspension; Any arrangement with similar effect

Ancestry of “jousitus”, step by step

jousitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jousittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjousittaaTo equip with springs
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “jousitus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →