Where does “piiritys” come from?
piiritys (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
piiritys (Finnish): siege
Definitions
- siege
Ancestry of “piiritys”, step by step
piiritys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirittää | to circle, surround; to siege, lay siege to,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |