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Where does “homotella” come from?

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

homotella (Finnish): To call someone homosexual

Definitions

  1. To call someone homosexual

Ancestry of “homotella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →