Where does “sytytyspala” come from?

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

sytytyspala (Finnish): firelighter, firestarter block

Definitions

  1. firelighter, firestarter block

Ancestry of “sytytyspala”, step by step

sytytyspala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sytytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsytytysignition
2FinnishsytyttääTo light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish pala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak