Where does “kiintää” come from?

kiintää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiintyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

kiintää (Finnish): to fasten, to keep attached or touching to...

Definitions

  1. to fasten, to keep attached or touching to...

Ancestry of “kiintää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiintyäTo become fond, attached
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “kiintää”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish kiintyä →