Where does “romutus” come from?

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

romutus (Finnish): scrapping; wrecking

Definitions

  1. scrapping; wrecking

Ancestry of “romutus”, step by step

romutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish romuttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuttaato scrap; to wreck; to debunk
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →