Where does “saastute” come from?

saastute (Finnish) comes from Finnish saastuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

saastute (Finnish): Alternative form of saastuke

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of saastuke

Ancestry of “saastute”, step by step

saastute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saastuttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaastuttaaTo pollute; To contaminate
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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