Where does “jalkakätyt” come from?

jalkakätyt (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian jalka, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jalkakätyt (Ingrian): infant bed, crib

Definitions

  1. infant bed, crib

Ancestry of “jalkakätyt”, step by step

jalkakätyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianjalkaleg
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Ingrian kätyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankätytcradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →