Where does “kuivatella” come from?

kuivatella (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kuivatella (Finnish): To dry

Definitions

  1. To dry

Ancestry of “kuivatella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivattaato dry
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →