Where does “liekkikiillotus” come from?
liekkikiillotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiillotus, from Finnish kiillottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
liekkikiillotus (Finnish): flame polishing
Definitions
- flame polishing
Ancestry of “liekkikiillotus”, step by step
liekkikiillotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiillotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiillotus | polishing |
| 2 | Finnish | kiillottaa | To polish, shine |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |