Where does “mäkipidätin” come from?
mäkipidätin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pidätin, from Finnish pidättää, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
mäkipidätin (Finnish): hill-holder
Definitions
- hill-holder
Ancestry of “mäkipidätin”, step by step
mäkipidätin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pidätin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pidätin | clog, stop; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | pidättää | to hold back, restrain, hinder, curb; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |