Where does “kiinnitin” come from?
kiinnitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinnittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kiinnitin (Finnish): fastener any device that fastens
Definitions
- fastener any device that fastens
Ancestry of “kiinnitin”, step by step
| 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- | — |