Where does “sytytin” come from?
sytytin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sytytin (Finnish): lighter, cigarette lighter; primer, detonator;...
Definitions
- lighter, cigarette lighter; primer, detonator;...
Ancestry of “sytytin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
Words derived from “sytytin”