Where does “valittavasti” come from?
valittavasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish valittava, from Finnish välittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valittavasti (Finnish): whiningly
Ancestry of “valittavasti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | valittava | moaning, groaning; complaining, whining; Present... |
| 2 | Finnish | välittää | to transmit, convey, forward, pass on; to supply,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |