Where does “karkote” come from?

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

karkote (Finnish): repellent

Definitions

  1. repellent

Ancestry of “karkote”, step by step

karkote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karkottaa

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

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “karkote”

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