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Where does “mädättää” come from?

mädättää (Finnish) comes from Finnish mädätä, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.

mädättää (Finnish): to rot, make something rotten

Definitions

  1. to rot, make something rotten

Ancestry of “mädättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmädätäTo rot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-ta—
4Proto-Uralic-tä
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →