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Where does “tiivistyä” come from?

tiivistyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiivistää, from Finnish tiivis, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

tiivistyä (Finnish): to condense; to compact

Definitions

  1. to condense; to compact

Ancestry of “tiivistyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiivistääto condense; to seal; to weatherstrip ,...
2Finnishtiivistight, compact, dense, solid; concise
3Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

Words derived from “tiivistyä”

  • tiivistymisjuova
  • tiivistymisvana
  • tiivistyminen
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