Where does “jossittelu” come from?
jossittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish jossitella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jossittelu (Finnish): ifs, ands, or buts
Definitions
- ifs, ands, or buts
Ancestry of “jossittelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jossitella | to speculate, hypothesize |
| 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- | — |