Where does “koputtelu” come from?

koputtelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish koputella, from Finnish koputtaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

koputtelu (Finnish): knocking repeatedly a door, tree, etc

Definitions

  1. knocking repeatedly a door, tree, etc

Ancestry of “koputtelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkoputellaTo knock
2Finnishkoputtaato knock
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →