Where does “vedätys” come from?
vedätys (Finnish) comes from Finnish vedättää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
vedätys (Finnish): scam, fraud, swindle, cheat, cheating
Definitions
- scam, fraud, swindle, cheat, cheating
Ancestry of “vedätys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vedättää | to cause something or someone to pull; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |