Where does “lyhentää” come from?
lyhentää (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhetä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
lyhentää (Finnish): to shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back...
Definitions
- to shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back...
Ancestry of “lyhentää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lyhetä | To shorten, to become shorter |
| 2 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
Words derived from “lyhentää”