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Where does “turvottaa” come from?

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

turvottaa (Finnish): to cause to swell

Definitions

  1. to cause to swell

Ancestry of “turvottaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “turvottaa”

  • aivoturvotus
  • turvotus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →