Where does “sytytys” come from?

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

sytytys (Finnish): ignition

Definitions

  1. ignition

Ancestry of “sytytys”, step by step

sytytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sytyttää

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-

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “sytytys

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak