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Where does “lyhenne” come from?

lyhenne (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhentää, from Finnish lyhetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

lyhenne (Finnish): An abbreviation

Definitions

  1. An abbreviation

Ancestry of “lyhenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhentääto shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back...
2FinnishlyhetäTo shorten, to become shorter
3Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
4Proto-Finnic-t'ak—
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “lyhenne”

  • lyhennesana
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →