Where does “mölötys” come from?

mölötys (Finnish) comes from Finnish mölöttää, from Proto-Finnic -ottaa, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

mölötys (Finnish): babbling, jabbering, gabbling

Definitions

  1. babbling, jabbering, gabbling

Ancestry of “mölötys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmölöttääto babble, to jabber, to gabble
2Proto-Finnic-ottaa—
3Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
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 -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →