Where does “kehitä” come from?

kehitä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

Ancestry of “kehitä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
2Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

Words derived from “kehitä

Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'akEvery word from Finnish -itä
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