Where does “pitkä” come from?

pitkä (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkä (Proto-Finnic): long; tall

Definitions

  1. long; tall

Ancestry of “pitkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicpidetall
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “pitkä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →