Where does “kosketteleminen” come from?
kosketteleminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosketella, from Finnish koskettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Ancestry of “kosketteleminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kosketella | to touch or feel with one's hand or fingers |
| 2 | Finnish | koskettaa | to touch; to affect |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |