Where does “vähettä” come from?

vähettä (Votic) comes from Votic -tta, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vähettä (Votic): to reduce, decrease, lessen

Definitions

  1. to reduce, decrease, lessen

Ancestry of “vähettä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Votic-ttaForms causative verbs from verbs
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Votic -tta →