Where does “väijytys” come from?

väijytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish väijyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

väijytys (Finnish): ambush

Definitions

  1. ambush

Ancestry of “väijytys”, step by step

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

Words derived from “väijytys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →