Where does “kilkatus” come from?

kilkatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilkattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kilkatus (Finnish): tingle, jingle

Definitions

  1. tingle, jingle

Ancestry of “kilkatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkilkattaaTo tinkle, jingle
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 →