Where does “kalkatus” come from?

kalkatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kälkättää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kalkatus (Finnish): clang, clanging, clatter, clattering

Definitions

  1. clang, clanging, clatter, clattering

Ancestry of “kalkatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkälkättääto blabber, blather
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 →