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Where does “vähätellä” come from?

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

vähätellä (Finnish): to underrate, underestimate; to...

Definitions

  1. to underrate, underestimate; to...

Ancestry of “vähätellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “vähätellä”

  • vähättely
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →