Where does “tervehtyminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tervehtyminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervehtyäto heal, to recover, to recuperate
2Finnishtervehtää—
3Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
4Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
5Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish tervehtää →