Where does “päälähetin” come from?

päälähetin (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetin, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

päälähetin (Finnish): main transmitter

Definitions

  1. main transmitter

Ancestry of “päälähetin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähetintransmitter; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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