Where does “lyhyelti” come from?

lyhyelti (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lti, from Finnish -lta, from Proto-Finnic -lta — Ablative case ending.

lyhyelti (Finnish): briefly, to put it briefly

Definitions

  1. briefly, to put it briefly

Ancestry of “lyhyelti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-lti-ly
2Finnish-ltaforms the ablative case
3Proto-Finnic-ltaAblative case ending
Every word from Proto-Finnic -lta →Every word from Finnish -lta →Every word from Finnish -lti →