Where does “kellute” come from?

kellute (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelluttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kellute (Finnish): floating material used to make something float

Definitions

  1. floating material used to make something float

Ancestry of “kellute”, step by step

kellute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kelluttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelluttaato float
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish e

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