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Where does “kiihote” come from?

kiihote (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiihottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kiihote (Finnish): stimulant

Definitions

  1. stimulant

Ancestry of “kiihote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiihottaato excite, agitate, provoke, stir, stimulate; to...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →