Where does “silitys” come from?

silitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish silittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

silitys (Finnish): A stroke; ironing

Definitions

  1. A stroke; ironing

Ancestry of “silitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilittääto stroke, to pet, to fondle; to iron
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “silitys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →