Where does “linnoittautua” come from?
linnoittautua (Finnish) comes from Finnish linnoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
linnoittautua (Finnish): To fortify, dig in
Definitions
- To fortify, dig in
Ancestry of “linnoittautua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | linnoittaa | to fortify |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |