Where does “kolkutus” come from?

kolkutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolkuttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kolkutus (Finnish): knocking on a door, etc

Definitions

  1. knocking on a door, etc

Ancestry of “kolkutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkolkuttaaTo knock
2Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
3Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -uttaa
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