Where does “veistää” come from?

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

veistää (Finnish): to carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew

Definitions

  1. to carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew

Ancestry of “veistää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “veistää”

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