Where does “rivitys” come from?

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

rivitys (Finnish): dividing text into lines, wrapping text

Definitions

  1. dividing text into lines, wrapping text

Ancestry of “rivitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivittääto arrange into rows
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 →