Where does “liite” come from?
liite (Finnish) comes from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
liite (Finnish): attachment; appendix; affix
Definitions
- attachment; appendix; affix
Ancestry of “liite”, step by step
liite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | e | E note |