Where does “mahdutus” come from?

mahdutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahduttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

mahdutus (Finnish): fitting in, squeezing in

Definitions

  1. fitting in, squeezing in

Ancestry of “mahdutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahduttaato fit in, to squeeze in, to make fit into a space
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →