Where does “kutitus” come from?

kutitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kutittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kutitus (Finnish): tickling

Definitions

  1. tickling

Ancestry of “kutitus”, step by step

kutitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kutittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkutittaaTo tickle
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →