Where does “näytetaajuus” come from?
näytetaajuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyte, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Ancestry of “näytetaajuus”, step by step
näytetaajuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyte | sample, specimen |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish taajuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taajuus | frequency |
| 2 | Finnish | taaja | thick, dense; frequent |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | takja | dense, thick |