Where does “linnoite” come from?

linnoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish linnoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

linnoite (Finnish): fortification

Definitions

  1. fortification

Ancestry of “linnoite”, step by step

linnoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish linnoittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinnoittaato fortify
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “linnoite”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →