Where does “liettyä” come from?

liettyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liettää, from Finnish liete, from Proto-Finnic leet'ek — fine beach sand.

liettyä (Finnish): to silt up

Definitions

  1. to silt up

Ancestry of “liettyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliettääto silt, silt up, sediment; to put into...
2Finnishlietesilt; sludge; slurry
3Proto-Finnicleet'ekfine beach sand

Words derived from “liettyä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic leet'ek →