Where does “rustoliitos” come from?

rustoliitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitos, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rustoliitos (Finnish): cartilaginous joint

Definitions

  1. cartilaginous joint

Ancestry of “rustoliitos”, step by step

rustoliitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliitosjoint; union; bond
2Finnishliittääto join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish rusto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrustocartilage; gristle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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