Where does “sytytyskipinä” come from?
sytytyskipinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sytytys, from Finnish sytyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sytytyskipinä (Finnish): ignition spark
Ancestry of “sytytyskipinä”, step by step
sytytyskipinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sytytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sytytys | ignition |
| 2 | Finnish | sytyttää | To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kipinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kipinä | spark; tent heater supervision duty |
| 2 | Finnish | öinen | nocturnal |
| 3 | Finnish | yö | period of day
Previous:
iltayö
Next:
aamuyö;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | öö | night |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | üje | — |