Where does “kiihdytys” come from?
kiihdytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiihdyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kiihdytys (Finnish): acceleration
Definitions
- acceleration
Ancestry of “kiihdytys”, step by step
kiihdytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiihdyttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiihdyttää | to accelerate; to escalate; to hasten,... |
| 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 |