Where does “päänsilitys” come from?
päänsilitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish silitys, from Finnish silittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
päänsilitys (Finnish): head petting, head patting
Definitions
- head petting, head patting
Ancestry of “päänsilitys”, step by step
päänsilitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silitys | A stroke; ironing |
| 2 | Finnish | silittää | to stroke, to pet, to fondle; to iron |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |