Where does “viehätys” come from?

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

viehätys (Finnish): attraction, allure, attractiveness, charm

Definitions

  1. attraction, allure, attractiveness, charm

Ancestry of “viehätys”, 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-

Words derived from “viehätys

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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