Where does “säästymä” come from?

säästymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish säästyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

säästymä (Finnish): saved surplus

Definitions

  1. saved surplus

Ancestry of “säästymä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäästyäto be spared, saved from
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish säästyä →