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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

  1. attachment; appendix; affix

Ancestry of “liite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliittääto join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,...
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “liite”

  • etuliite
  • liitetiedosto
  • jälkiliite
  • loppuliite
  • omistusliite
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →