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