Where does “viettelys” come from?

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

viettelys (Finnish): temptation

Definitions

  1. temptation

Ancestry of “viettelys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvietelläTo lure, tempt, entice; to seduce
2Finnishviettää"viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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