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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

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

Words derived from “kiillote”

  • kengänkiillote
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →