Where does “kantalinnoittaa” come from?

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

kantalinnoittaa (Finnish): to fortify during peacetime when fortifications can be properly built

Definitions

  1. to fortify during peacetime when fortifications can be properly built

Ancestry of “kantalinnoittaa”, step by step

kantalinnoittaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish linnoittaa

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

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →