Where does “mollukka” come from?

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

mollukka (Finnish): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “mollukka”, step by step

mollukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish möllöttää

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

via Finnish ukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishukka
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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