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Where does “nirskutus” come from?

nirskutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nirskuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nirskutus (Finnish): Action of the verb nirskuttaa

Definitions

  1. Action of the verb nirskuttaa

Ancestry of “nirskutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnirskuttaato grate, to grit
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →