Where does “kenttälinnoite” come from?
kenttälinnoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish linnoite, from Finnish linnoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kenttälinnoite (Finnish): fieldwork
Ancestry of “kenttälinnoite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | linnoite | fortification |
| 2 | Finnish | linnoittaa | to fortify |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |