Where does “karstaus” come from?
karstaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karstata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
karstaus (Finnish): carding
Definitions
- carding
Ancestry of “karstaus”, step by step
karstaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karstata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karstata | to card |
| 2 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |