Where does “pyhittää” come from?

pyhittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pyhittää (Finnish): to sanctify, hallow; to consecrate; to devote

Definitions

  1. to sanctify, hallow; to consecrate; to devote

Ancestry of “pyhittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “pyhittää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →