Where does “näytellä” come from?
näytellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
näytellä (Finnish): to act, play; to show
Ancestry of “näytellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
Words derived from “näytellä”