Where does “levintä” come from?
levintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish levitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak.
levintä (Finnish): dispersion
Ancestry of “levintä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | levitä | to spread; to sprawl; to break down |
| 2 | Finnish | -itä | Front vowel variant of -ita |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -it'ak | — |