Where does “aukotus” come from?

aukotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish aukottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

aukotus (Finnish): holing

Definitions

  1. holing

Ancestry of “aukotus”, step by step

aukotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aukottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaukottaato hole
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →