Where does “viiltää” come from?
viiltää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
viiltää (Finnish): to incise, slit; Third-person singular indicative...
Definitions
- to incise, slit; Third-person singular indicative...
Ancestry of “viiltää”, step by step
viiltää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish viillä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viillä | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | viildäk | to cut, to slit |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | vije- | to cut |
Words derived from “viiltää”