Where does “vähättely” come from?
vähättely (Finnish) comes from Finnish vähätellä, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
vähättely (Finnish): underrating, underestimating
Definitions
- underrating, underestimating
Ancestry of “vähättely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vähätellä | to underrate, underestimate; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |