Where does “syövyte” come from?

syövyte (Finnish) comes from Finnish syövyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

syövyte (Finnish): corroding agent

Definitions

  1. corroding agent

Ancestry of “syövyte”, step by step

syövyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syövyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyövyttääto corrode; to erode, wear away
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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