Where does “mahdutella” come from?

mahdutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish ellä, from Finnish Elina, from Finnish Helena, from Swedish Helena, from Ancient Greek ἑλένη, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

mahdutella (Finnish): to try to make fit

Definitions

to try to make fit

Ancestry of “mahdutella”, step by step

mahdutella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ellä

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	ellä	if
2	Finnish	Elina	Helen
3	Finnish	Helena	—
4	Swedish	Helena	Helen
5	Ancient Greek	ἑλένη	torch, firebrand; corposant, St. Elmo's fire;...
6	Proto-Indo-European	swel-	to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

via Finnish mahduttaa

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	mahduttaa	to fit in, to squeeze in, to make fit into a space
2	Finnish	-ttää	Front vowel variant of -ttaa
3	Proto-Finnic	-ttadak	Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4	Proto-Uralic	-kta-	—

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