Where does “kasvattiveli” come from?
kasvattiveli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvatti, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kasvattiveli (Finnish): foster brother
Ancestry of “kasvattiveli”, step by step
kasvattiveli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasvatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasvatti | foster child |
| 2 | Finnish | kasvattaa | To let grow; To grow, raise, breed; To rear,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish Veli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Veli | brother |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | velji | brother |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swelijō | sister's husband |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |