Where does “kehite” come from?
kehite (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehittää, from Finnish kehitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak.
kehite (Finnish): developer
Ancestry of “kehite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kehittää | to unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;... |
| 2 | Finnish | kehitä | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -itä | Front vowel variant of -ita |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -it'ak | — |