Where does “soitanta” come from?

soitanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

soitanta (Finnish): playing

Definitions

  1. playing

Ancestry of “soitanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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