Where does “kestitys” come from?

kestitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kestittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kestitys (Finnish): entertaining, regaling guests or customers with food and/or drink

Definitions

  1. entertaining, regaling guests or customers with food and/or drink

Ancestry of “kestitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestittää—
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →