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Where does “verenluovuttaja” come from?

verenluovuttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish luovuttaja, from Finnish luovuttaa, from Finnish luopua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

verenluovuttaja (Finnish): blood donor

Definitions

  1. blood donor

Ancestry of “verenluovuttaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishluovuttajaOne who surrenders, gives up; donor
2Finnishluovuttaato hand over, surrender, give up, deliver,...
3Finnishluopuato abandon, relinquish
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →