Where does “kaatopaikkajäte” come from?
kaatopaikkajäte (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kaatopaikkajäte (Finnish): landfill
Ancestry of “kaatopaikkajäte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | jäte | waste, garbage, rubbish |
| 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- | — |