Where does “pitkitys” come from?

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

pitkitys (Finnish): prolonging, drawing out, extending making something last for more time than is necessary

Definitions

  1. prolonging, drawing out, extending making something last for more time than is necessary

Ancestry of “pitkitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkittääto prolong, draw out, extend
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-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →