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Where does “kasvatti” come from?

kasvatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kasvatti (Finnish): foster child

Definitions

  1. foster child

Ancestry of “kasvatti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkasvattaaTo let grow; To grow, raise, breed; To rear,...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “kasvatti”

  • kasvattilapsi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →