Where does “viehättyä” come from?

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

viehättyä (Finnish): to be fascinated

Definitions

  1. to be fascinated

Ancestry of “viehättyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviehättääTo attract, charm, allure
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →