Where does “sortuma” come from?

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

sortuma (Finnish): collapse, something collapsed

Definitions

  1. collapse, something collapsed

Ancestry of “sortuma”, 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-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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