Where does “käännyttää” come from?
käännyttää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääntyä, from Finnish kääntää, from Proto-Finnic kantadak, from Proto-Uralic kanta-, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
käännyttää (Finnish): to convert, proselytize; to turn away
Definitions
- to convert, proselytize; to turn away
Ancestry of “käännyttää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kääntyä | to change direction, turn, bend, shift; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | kääntää | to turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kantadak | to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kanta- | to carry, to transport |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |