Where does “lähetellä” come from?

lähetellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lähetellä (Finnish): to be sending, to keep sending

Definitions

  1. to be sending, to keep sending

Ancestry of “lähetellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →