Where does “tervehtyä” come from?

tervehtyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tervehtää, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

tervehtyä (Finnish): to heal, to recover, to recuperate

Definitions

  1. to heal, to recover, to recuperate

Ancestry of “tervehtyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervehtää—
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

Words derived from “tervehtyä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish tervehtää →