Where does “hyttyskarkote” come from?

hyttyskarkote (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkote, from Finnish karkottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hyttyskarkote (Finnish): mosquito repellent

Definitions

  1. mosquito repellent

Ancestry of “hyttyskarkote”, step by step

hyttyskarkote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karkote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkoterepellent
2Finnishkarkottaato drive away; to banish, exile
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish hyttynen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyttynenmosquito
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →