Where does “pitää” come from?

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

pitää (Finnish): to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...

Definitions

  1. to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...

Ancestry of “pitää”, step by step

pitää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic pitädäk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish ttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishttää—

Words derived from “pitää”

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