Where does “piirittää” come from?

piirittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

piirittää (Finnish): to circle, surround; to siege, lay siege to,...

Definitions

  1. to circle, surround; to siege, lay siege to,...

Ancestry of “piirittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “piirittää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →