Where does “sulatusaine” come from?
sulatusaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulatus, from Finnish sulattaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sulatusaine (Finnish): deicer, thawing agent, deicing agent, defrosting agent
Definitions
- deicer, thawing agent, deicing agent, defrosting agent
Ancestry of “sulatusaine”, step by step
sulatusaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sulatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sulatus | melting; smelting |
| 2 | Finnish | sulattaa | to melt; to smelt; to thaw, defrost |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish aine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aine | matter, material, substance; subject, discipline;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | abniją | That which is made; material; stuff |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *abnijaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ōp- | to achieve |