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Where does “viehättää” come from?

viehättää (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

viehättää (Finnish): To attract, charm, allure

Definitions

  1. To attract, charm, allure

Ancestry of “viehättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “viehättää”

  • viehättävä
  • viehättävästi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →