Where does “viettää” come from?

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

viettää (Finnish): "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;...

Definitions

  1. "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;...

Ancestry of “viettää”, 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 “viettää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →