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Where does “pysyttää” come from?

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

pysyttää (Finnish): to make stay; to maintain

Definitions

  1. to make stay; to maintain

Ancestry of “pysyttää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pysyttää”

  • pysytellä
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →