Where does “käännytys” come from?
käännytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish käännyttää, 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...
käännytys (Finnish): conversion, proselytism
Definitions
- conversion, proselytism
Ancestry of “käännytys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käännyttää | to convert, proselytize; to turn away |
| 2 | Finnish | kääntyä | to change direction, turn, bend, shift; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | kääntää | to turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kantadak | to carry |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kanta- | to carry, to transport |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |