Where does “vähitellen” come from?

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

vähitellen (Finnish): gradually, little by little, bit by bit in small quantities

Definitions

  1. gradually, little by little, bit by bit in small quantities

Ancestry of “vähitellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-tellenforms certain adverbs denoting the extent of action
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 →