Where does “synkentyä” come from?
synkentyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish synkentää, from Finnish synketä, from Finnish -etä, from Proto-Finnic -t'ak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Ancestry of “synkentyä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | synkentää | to darken, make gloomier; to make more dismal or... |
| 2 | Finnish | synketä | To darken; To become gloomy |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |