Where does “taimettua” come from?

taimettua (Finnish) comes from Finnish taimettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

taimettua (Finnish): to grow into a seedling, undergo seedling emergence

Definitions

  1. to grow into a seedling, undergo seedling emergence

Ancestry of “taimettua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaimettaato plant tree seedlings or saplings (into)
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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