Where does “hoiatus” come from?

hoiatus (Estonian) comes from Estonian hoiatama, from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hoiatus (Estonian): warning

Definitions

  1. warning

Ancestry of “hoiatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianhoiatamato warn, to caution
2Estonian-tamaForms causative verbs. It can be translated as...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Estonian -tama →