Where does “viettely” come from?
viettely (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietellä, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
viettely (Finnish): seduction act of seducing
Definitions
- seduction act of seducing
Ancestry of “viettely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vietellä | To lure, tempt, entice; to seduce |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
Words derived from “viettely”