Where does “kiinto-” come from?

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

kiinto- (Finnish): solid, firm, fixed

Definitions

  1. solid, firm, fixed

Ancestry of “kiinto-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiintääto fasten, to keep attached or touching to...
2FinnishkiintyäTo become fond, attached
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “kiinto-”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish kiintää →
kiinto- — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer