Where does “pikalähetti” come from?

pikalähetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetti, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pikalähetti (Finnish): express courier

Definitions

  1. express courier

Ancestry of “pikalähetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähettimessenger, courier; orderly; errand boy
2Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →