Where does “leettüä” come from?

leettüä (Votic) comes from Finnish liettyä, from Finnish liettää, from Finnish liete, from Proto-Finnic leet'ek — fine beach sand.

leettüä (Votic): to silt up

Definitions

  1. to silt up

Ancestry of “leettüä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliettyäto silt up
2Finnishliettääto silt, silt up, sediment; to put into...
3Finnishlietesilt; sludge; slurry
4Proto-Finnicleet'ekfine beach sand
Every word from Proto-Finnic leet'ek →Every word from Finnish liete →Every word from Finnish liettää →