Where does “kellutus” come from?

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

kellutus (Finnish): keeping afloat, floating

Definitions

  1. keeping afloat, floating

Ancestry of “kellutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelluttaato float
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 →