Where does “kiinnitys” come from?

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

kiinnitys (Finnish): mortgage; mooring; pin

Definitions

  1. mortgage; mooring; pin

Ancestry of “kiinnitys”, step by step

kiinnitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiinnittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiinnittääto fasten, fix; to mortgage; to belay, moor
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “kiinnitys

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