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Where does “niuhottaa” come from?

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

niuhottaa (Finnish): To complain pedantically ; to complain about fine...

Definitions

  1. To complain pedantically ; to complain about fine...

Ancestry of “niuhottaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “niuhottaa”

  • niuhotus
  • niuhottaja
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →