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Where does “liitos” come from?

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

liitos (Finnish): joint; union; bond

Definitions

  1. joint; union; bond

Ancestry of “liitos”, 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 “liitos”

  • alueliitos
  • lohenpyrstöliitos
  • häpyliitos
  • kuntaliitos
  • ponttiliitos
  • tappiliitos
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →