Where does “mellotus” come from?
mellotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mellottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
mellotus (Finnish): decarburization, decarbonization
Definitions
- decarburization, decarbonization
Ancestry of “mellotus”, step by step
mellotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mellottaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mellottaa | to decarburize, decrease the amount of carbon in... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |