Where does “pöhöttymä” come from?
pöhöttymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöhöttyä, from Finnish pöhöttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pöhöttymä (Finnish): swelling, that which has bloated
Definitions
- swelling, that which has bloated
Ancestry of “pöhöttymä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pöhöttyä | to bloat, swell |
| 2 | Finnish | pöhöttää | to cause to bloat or swell |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |