Where does “sävyte” come from?

sävyte (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

sävyte (Finnish): toner

Definitions

  1. toner

Ancestry of “sävyte”, step by step

sävyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sävyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävyttääto dye; to tint
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “sävyte”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →