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

kiihote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiihottaa

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-

via Finnish e

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