Where does “liitekysymys” come from?
liitekysymys (Finnish) comes from Finnish liite, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
liitekysymys (Finnish): tag question
Ancestry of “liitekysymys”, step by step
liitekysymys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liite | attachment; appendix; affix |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kysymys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kysymys | question; issue, problem |
| 2 | Finnish | kysyä | To ask, inquire/enquire; To take, require,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | küsüdäk | to ask, to enquire |