Where does “hetkutus” come from?

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

hetkutus (Finnish): shaking the act of shaking a flexible object

Definitions

  1. shaking the act of shaking a flexible object

Ancestry of “hetkutus”, 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 →