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Where does “liikuttaa” come from?

liikuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

liikuttaa (Finnish): to move; to move, touch; to rock to sleep

Definitions

  1. to move; to move, touch; to rock to sleep

Ancestry of “liikuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “liikuttaa”

  • liikuttava
  • liikuttavasti
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →