Where does “nuijanukutus” come from?

nuijanukutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukutus, from Finnish nukuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nuijanukutus (Finnish): knockout by hitting someone in the head

Definitions

  1. knockout by hitting someone in the head

Ancestry of “nuijanukutus”, step by step

nuijanukutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nukutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukutusgeneral anesthesia
2Finnishnukuttaa"partitive" + 3rd-pers. singular = to feel...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →