Where does “lyhennelmä” come from?
lyhennelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhennellä, 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...
lyhennelmä (Finnish): summary, abbreviation
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Ancestry of “lyhennelmä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyhennellä | — |
| 2 | Finnish | lyhentää | to shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back... |
| 3 | Finnish | lyhetä | To shorten, to become shorter |
| 4 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |