Where does “loppuliite” come from?
loppuliite (Finnish) comes from Finnish liite, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
loppuliite (Finnish): suffix
Ancestry of “loppuliite”, step by step
loppuliite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liite | attachment; appendix; affix |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish loppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loppu | end, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | loppu | end, ending |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | loppi | (inside) corner |