Where does “sievetä” come from?
sievetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
sievetä (Finnish): to become prettier
Ancestry of “sievetä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |