Where does “vietto” come from?
vietto (Finnish) comes from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
vietto (Finnish): celebration; something on which time is spent;...
Definitions
- celebration; something on which time is spent;...
Ancestry of “vietto”, step by step
vietto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viettää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | o | — |