Where does “pidättyä” come from?

pidättyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pidättää, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pidättyä (Finnish): To refrain

Definitions

  1. To refrain

Ancestry of “pidättyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpidättääto hold back, restrain, hinder, curb; to...
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “pidättyä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →
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