Where does “kiinnittää” come from?

kiinnittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kiinnittää (Finnish): to fasten, fix; to mortgage; to belay, moor

Definitions

  1. to fasten, fix; to mortgage; to belay, moor

Ancestry of “kiinnittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “kiinnittää

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak