Where does “pysyttäytyä” come from?

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

pysyttäytyä (Finnish): to keep oneself, to stay

Definitions

  1. to keep oneself, to stay

Ancestry of “pysyttäytyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysyttääto make stay; to maintain
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →