Where does “hulluttelija” come from?
hulluttelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish hullutella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hulluttelija (Finnish): one who fools around
Definitions
- one who fools around
Ancestry of “hulluttelija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hullutella | to fool around, to goof off |
| 2 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |