Where does “oravanseitikki” come from?
oravanseitikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish seitikki, from Finnish seitti, from Finnish -tti, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
oravanseitikki (Finnish): A webcap, Cortinarius variecolor
Definitions
- A webcap, Cortinarius variecolor
Ancestry of “oravanseitikki”, step by step
oravanseitikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish seitikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seitikki | webcap, cortinar |
| 2 | Finnish | seitti | A web spun by an insect, especially a spiderweb;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -tti | Forms some nouns from verbs, particularly... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |