Where does “leyhytys” come from?

leyhytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish leyhyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

leyhytys (Finnish): fanning act of blowing air with a hand fan or similar

Definitions

  1. fanning act of blowing air with a hand fan or similar

Ancestry of “leyhytys”, step by step

leyhytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leyhyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleyhyttääto fan
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →