Where does “ällötys” come from?

ällötys (Finnish) comes from Finnish ällöttää, from Finnish äklöttää, from Swedish äckla, from German ekeln, from Middle Low German ēgelen.

ällötys (Finnish): disgusting thing

Definitions

  1. disgusting thing

Ancestry of “ällötys”, step by step

ällötys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ällöttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishällöttääTo disgust
2Finnishäklöttääto disgust
3Swedishäcklato disgust
4Germanekelnto be disgusted; to disgust
5Middle Low Germanēgelen—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Middle Low German ēgelen →Every word from German ekeln →Every word from Swedish äckla →