Where does “pitämättömyys” come from?

pitämättömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitämätön, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

pitämättömyys (Finnish): Nominal form of; the quality of not holding, keeping, etc

Definitions

  1. Nominal form of; the quality of not holding, keeping, etc

Ancestry of “pitämättömyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitämätönnot held; not worn; negative participle of pitää
2Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
3Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
4Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
5Proto-Uralic-ktama—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Finnish -mätön →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →
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