Where does “savenjalka” come from?

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

savenjalka (Ingrian): goosefoot

Definitions

  1. goosefoot

Ancestry of “savenjalka”, step by step

savenjalka 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 savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansaviclay
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sauvi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →