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Where does “sytytystulppa” come from?

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

sytytystulppa (Finnish): A spark plug

Definitions

  1. A spark plug

Ancestry of “sytytystulppa”, step by step

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-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →