Where does “liitepartikkeli” come from?
liitepartikkeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish liite, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
liitepartikkeli (Finnish): a clitic, an enclitic
Definitions
- a clitic, an enclitic
Ancestry of “liitepartikkeli”, step by step
liitepartikkeli 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 partikkeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | partikkeli | particle |
| 2 | Latin | particula | small part, particle |
| 3 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |