Where does “miehitys” come from?
miehitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish miehittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
miehitys (Finnish): manning; occupation
Definitions
- manning; occupation
Ancestry of “miehitys”, step by step
miehitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miehittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miehittää | to man; to staff; to occupy, take possession of |
| 2 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |