Where does “sytyttäjä” come from?

sytyttäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

sytyttäjä (Finnish): igniter, lighter one who or which ignites or lights something on fire

Definitions

  1. igniter, lighter one who or which ignites or lights something on fire

Ancestry of “sytyttäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsytyttääTo light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire...
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →