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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

  1. manning; occupation

Ancestry of “miehitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiehittääto man; to staff; to occupy, take possession of
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “miehitys”

  • miehitysarmeija
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →