Where does “kuluttelu” come from?

kuluttelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulutella, from Finnish kuluttaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kuluttelu (Finnish): spending away

Definitions

  1. spending away

Ancestry of “kuluttelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulutella—
2Finnishkuluttaato wear (out) e.g. clothes or parts
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →