Etymology Explorer › FinnishWhere does “pehmitysaine” come from? pehmitysaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmitys, from Finnish pehmittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pehmitysaine (Finnish): softener, plasticiser substance
Definitions softener, plasticiser substance Ancestry of “pehmitysaine”, step by step pehmitysaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pehmitys Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish pehmitys softening 2 Finnish pehmittää to soften 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- —
via Finnish aine Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish aine matter, material, substance; subject, discipline;... 2 Proto-Germanic abniją That which is made; material; stuff 3 Proto-Germanic *abnijaną — 4 Proto-Indo-European ōp- to achieve