Where does “kiintokallio” come from?

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

kiintokallio (Finnish): solid rock, bedrock

Definitions

  1. solid rock, bedrock

Ancestry of “kiintokallio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiinto-solid, firm, fixed
2Finnishkiintääto fasten, to keep attached or touching to...
3FinnishkiintyäTo become fond, attached
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish kiinto- →
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