Where does “kentänheikennys” come from?
kentänheikennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish heikennys, from Finnish heikentää, from Finnish heiketä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
kentänheikennys (Finnish): field weakening
Definitions
- field weakening
Ancestry of “kentänheikennys”, step by step
kentänheikennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish heikennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heikennys | weakening, debilitating, diluting |
| 2 | Finnish | heikentää | to weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | heiketä | To weaken, become weaker; To abate; To... |
| 4 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |