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Where does “veisto” come from?

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

veisto (Finnish): carving, the act of carving; sculpting, the act...

Definitions

  1. carving, the act of carving; sculpting, the act...

Ancestry of “veisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “veisto”

  • kuvanveisto
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →