Where does “kiinnite” come from?
kiinnite (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinnittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kiinnite (Finnish): fixer
Definitions
- fixer
Ancestry of “kiinnite”, step by step
kiinnite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiinnittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiinnittää | to fasten, fix; to mortgage; to belay, moor |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | e | E note |