Where does “janotus” come from?

janotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish janottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

janotus (Finnish): making someone thirsty

Definitions

  1. making someone thirsty

Ancestry of “janotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjanottaaTo make thirsty; "partitive + janottaa": To feel...
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 →