Where does “viettäjä” come from?

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

viettäjä (Finnish): celebrant, celebrator

Definitions

  1. celebrant, celebrator

Ancestry of “viettäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviettää"viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;...
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “viettäjä”

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