Where does “laiskottelu” come from?
laiskottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish laiskotella, from Finnish laiskottaa, from Proto-Finnic -ottaa, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
laiskottelu (Finnish): lolling, slacking off, idling
Definitions
- lolling, slacking off, idling
Ancestry of “laiskottelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laiskotella | to loll, slack, laze, idle |
| 2 | Finnish | laiskottaa | to feel lazy |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ottaa | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -öittää | Front vowel variant of -oittaa |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |