Where does “kivettyminen” come from?

kivettyminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivettyä, from Finnish kivettää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

Ancestry of “kivettyminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivettyäto petrify to turn into stone
2FinnishkivettääTo petrify
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →