Where does “höpötellä” come from?

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

Ancestry of “höpötellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöpöttääto drivel
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 →