Where does “näännytyssota” come from?
näännytyssota (Finnish) comes from Finnish näännytys, from Finnish näännyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
näännytyssota (Finnish): war of attrition prolonged exhausting war
Definitions
- war of attrition prolonged exhausting war
Ancestry of “näännytyssota”, step by step
näännytyssota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näännytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näännytys | exhausting; starving |
| 2 | Finnish | näännyttää | to exhaust; to starve |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |