Where does “virvoitus” come from?
virvoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish virvoittaa, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
virvoitus (Finnish): refreshment
Definitions
- refreshment
Ancestry of “virvoitus”, step by step
virvoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virvoittaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virvoittaa | to invigorate, to refresh |
| 2 | Finnish | -öittää | Front vowel variant of -oittaa |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |