Where does “sievistyä” come from?
sievistyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.
sievistyä (Finnish): to become prettier
Ancestry of “sievistyä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | — |