Where does “uudelleenmetsitys” come from?

uudelleenmetsitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsitys, from Finnish metsittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

uudelleenmetsitys (Finnish): reafforestation, reforestation

Definitions

  1. reafforestation, reforestation

Ancestry of “uudelleenmetsitys”, step by step

uudelleenmetsitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsitysforestation
2Finnishmetsittääto forest, afforest; to reforest
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish uudelleen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuudelleenanew, again; re-
2Finnishuusinew; Third person singular indicative past form...
3Proto-Finnicuucinew
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwuďenew
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak