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

nirskutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nirskuttaa

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →