Where does “välienselvittely” come from?
välienselvittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvittely, from Finnish selvitellä, from Finnish selvittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
välienselvittely (Finnish): confrontation, skirmish, showdown; especially one with long-term causes
Definitions
- confrontation, skirmish, showdown; especially one with long-term causes
Ancestry of “välienselvittely”, step by step
välienselvittely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish selvittely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selvittely | sorting out |
| 2 | Finnish | selvitellä | to sort out |
| 3 | Finnish | selvittää | to make clear, clarify; to examine, investigate,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |