Where does “hauskutella” come from?
hauskutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish hauskuttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hauskutella (Finnish): to have fun
Definitions
- to have fun
Ancestry of “hauskutella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauskuttaa | Alternative form of hauskuuttaa |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |