Where does “pidentyä” come from?

pidentyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pidentää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

pidentyä (Finnish): To lengthen

Definitions

  1. To lengthen

Ancestry of “pidentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpidentääTo lengthen; To elongate; To prolong
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “pidentyä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →