Where does “möllöttäjä” come from?

möllöttäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish möllöttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

möllöttäjä (Finnish): gawker, one who stares expressionlessly

Definitions

  1. gawker, one who stares expressionlessly

Ancestry of “möllöttäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmöllöttääto stare expressionlessly, to gawk
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →