Where does “kiihotin” come from?

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

kiihotin (Finnish): stimulator; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. stimulator; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “kiihotin”, 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- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →