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Where does “salakuljettaa” come from?

salakuljettaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuljettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

salakuljettaa (Finnish): To smuggle; To bring secretly

Definitions

  1. To smuggle; To bring secretly

Ancestry of “salakuljettaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuljettaato transport; to carry, convey; to drive
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “salakuljettaa”

  • ihmissalakuljetus
  • salakuljetus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →