Where does “vesakkomyrkytys” come from?

vesakkomyrkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkytys, from Finnish myrkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vesakkomyrkytys (Finnish): defoliant poisoning, weedkiller poisoning, arboricide poisoning poisoning with a substance that kills young tree plants

Definitions

  1. defoliant poisoning, weedkiller poisoning, arboricide poisoning poisoning with a substance that kills young tree plants

Ancestry of “vesakkomyrkytys”, step by step

vesakkomyrkytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkytyspoisoning
2FinnishmyrkyttääTo poison
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish vesakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesakkocoppice, copse
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →