Where does “viettipohja” come from?
viettipohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietti, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
viettipohja (Finnish): id
Ancestry of “viettipohja”, step by step
viettipohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vietti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietti | instinct; urge; drive |
| 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- | — |
via Finnish pohja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pohja | bottom; bed; fundament |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pohja | bottom; base, foundation; north |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pošja | — |