Where does “velvoite” come from?

velvoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish velvoittaa, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

velvoite (Finnish): obligation, commitment

Definitions

  1. obligation, commitment

Ancestry of “velvoite”, step by step

velvoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish velvoittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelvoittaato obligate
2Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “velvoite”

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