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

Definitions

  1. to act, play; to show

Ancestry of “näytellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäyttääto show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to...
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “näytellä

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak