Where does “keskitys” come from?
keskitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
keskitys (Finnish): concentration; barrage; center
Definitions
- concentration; barrage; center
Ancestry of “keskitys”, step by step
keskitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keskittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskittää | to focus, concentrate; to centralize; to center,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |