Where does “kilautus” come from?
kilautus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kilautus (Finnish): phone call, ring, buzz (informal, U.S.), tinkle (informal, UK)
Definitions
- phone call, ring, buzz (informal, U.S.), tinkle (informal, UK)
Ancestry of “kilautus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilauttaa | to clang to make a short metallic sound |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |