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Where does “karstoittua” come from?

karstoittua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -oittua, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

karstoittua (Finnish): to become covered with soot

Definitions

  1. to become covered with soot

Ancestry of “karstoittua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-oittuaVariant of -ttua used for many stems that end in...
2Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →