Where does “laajentaja” come from?
laajentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish laajentaa, from Finnish laajeta, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
laajentaja (Finnish): expander, dilator that which expands or dilates
Definitions
- expander, dilator that which expands or dilates
Ancestry of “laajentaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laajentaa | to expand, broaden, widen; extend, enlarge,... |
| 2 | Finnish | laajeta | to expand |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |