Where does “äiditellä” come from?

äiditellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

äiditellä (Finnish): To call someone mother

Definitions

  1. To call someone mother

Ancestry of “äiditellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →