Where does “sorruttaa” come from?

sorruttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sortua, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

sorruttaa (Finnish): to collapse; cause to collapse, crumble, fall or cave in

Definitions

  1. to collapse; cause to collapse, crumble, fall or cave in

Ancestry of “sorruttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsortuato crumble, fall, collapse, cave in
2Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
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