Where does “vietellä” come from?
vietellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
vietellä (Finnish): To lure, tempt, entice; to seduce
Definitions
- To lure, tempt, entice; to seduce
Ancestry of “vietellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
Words derived from “vietellä”