Where does “kiillote” come from?

kiillote (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiillottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kiillote (Finnish): polish

Definitions

  1. polish

Ancestry of “kiillote”, step by step

kiillote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiillottaa

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

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “kiillote”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →