Where does “vähätelmä” come from?

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

vähätelmä (Finnish): understatement

Definitions

  1. understatement

Ancestry of “vähätelmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähätelläto underrate, underestimate; to...
2Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →