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Where does “liuotin” come from?

liuotin (Finnish) comes from Finnish liuottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

liuotin (Finnish): A solvent; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. A solvent; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “liuotin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “liuotin”

  • liuotinbensiini
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →