Where does “hetkutella” come from?

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

hetkutella (Finnish): Frequentative aspect of the verb hetkuttaa

Definitions

  1. Frequentative aspect of the verb hetkuttaa

Ancestry of “hetkutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhetkuttaato shake; used of shaking flexible objects
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 →