Where does “maksatus” come from?

maksatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

maksatus (Finnish): making someone pay, having something paid

Definitions

  1. making someone pay, having something paid

Ancestry of “maksatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksattaato make pay, to have (something) paid
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 →