Where does “notkeuttaa” come from?
notkeuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
notkeuttaa (Finnish): To make more pliable, supple, flexible
Definitions
- To make more pliable, supple, flexible
Ancestry of “notkeuttaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 2 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |