Where does “höhöttää” come from?

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

höhöttää (Finnish): to guffaw with a coarse voice, in a funny or silly way

Definitions

  1. to guffaw with a coarse voice, in a funny or silly way

Ancestry of “höhöttää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “höhöttää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →