Where does “rei'ittyä” come from?

rei'ittyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish rei'ittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rei'ittyä (Finnish): to become holey

Definitions

  1. to become holey

Ancestry of “rei'ittyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrei'ittääto punch; to hole, perforate
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →
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