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Where does “liitin” come from?

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

liitin (Finnish): A connector, terminal, interface; First-person...

Definitions

  1. A connector, terminal, interface; First-person...

Ancestry of “liitin”, 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 “liitin”

  • paperiliitin
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