Where does “pitkä” come from?

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

pitkä (Finnish): long; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko

Definitions

  1. long; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko

Ancestry of “pitkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
2Proto-Uralicpidetall
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “pitkä”

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