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Where does “kostutin” come from?

kostutin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kostuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kostutin (Finnish): moisturizer; First-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. moisturizer; First-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “kostutin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkostuttaato moisten; to wet
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →