Where does “kehitys” come from?

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

kehitys (Finnish): development, improvement, advancement, evolution

Definitions

  1. development, improvement, advancement, evolution

Ancestry of “kehitys”, step by step

kehitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
2Finnishkehitä
3Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
4Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “kehitys

Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'akEvery word from Finnish -itäEvery word from Finnish kehitä
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