Where does “vastauslähetys” come from?
vastauslähetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
vastauslähetys (Finnish): reply mail (item)
Ancestry of “vastauslähetys”, step by step
vastauslähetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish vastaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vastaus | answer, reply, response |
| 2 | Finnish | vastata | to answer, to reply; to respond |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vastat'ak | to answer, to reply |