Where does “kesänvietto” come from?
kesänvietto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietto, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kesänvietto (Finnish): spending the summer
Definitions
- spending the summer
Ancestry of “kesänvietto”, step by step
kesänvietto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vietto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietto | celebration; something on which time is spent;... |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |