Where does “pitkittäinen” come from?

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

pitkittäinen (Finnish): longitudinal

Definitions

  1. longitudinal

Ancestry of “pitkittäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkittäinlengthwise
2Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
3Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
4Proto-Uralicpidetall
5Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
6Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
7Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “pitkittäinen”

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