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Where does “leivittää” come from?

leivittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

leivittää (Finnish): to breadcrumb, bread, crumb; to batter

Definitions

  1. to breadcrumb, bread, crumb; to batter

Ancestry of “leivittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “leivittää”

  • leivite
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →