Where does “kivettymä” come from?
kivettymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivettyä, from Finnish kivettää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kivettymä (Finnish): concretion, permineralization
Definitions
- concretion, permineralization
Ancestry of “kivettymä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kivettyä | to petrify to turn into stone |
| 2 | Finnish | kivettää | To petrify |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |