Where does “häätyä” come from?

häätyä (Meänkieli) comes from Finnish häätyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

häätyä (Meänkieli): must, have to

Definitions

  1. must, have to

Ancestry of “häätyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäätyämust, have to
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
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