Where does “omistusliite” come from?
omistusliite (Finnish) comes from Finnish liite, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
omistusliite (Finnish): Possessive suffix
Ancestry of “omistusliite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | liite | attachment; appendix; affix |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 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- | — |