Where does “viettymys” come from?
viettymys (Finnish) comes from Finnish viettyä, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
viettymys (Finnish): temptation, inclination, propensity
Definitions
- temptation, inclination, propensity
Ancestry of “viettymys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viettyä | to feel a temptation or inclination |
| 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- | — |