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Where does “kiehutusvesireaktori” come from?

kiehutusvesireaktori (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiehutus, from Finnish kiehuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kiehutusvesireaktori (Finnish): boiling water reactor

Definitions

  1. boiling water reactor

Ancestry of “kiehutusvesireaktori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiehutusboiling
2Finnishkiehuttaato boil
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →