Where does “likentyä” come from?

likentyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

likentyä (Finnish): to near, come closer

Definitions

  1. to near, come closer

Ancestry of “likentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ntuaForms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “likentyä

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish -ntua