Where does “nukketalo” come from?
nukketalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.
nukketalo (Finnish): dollhouse
Ancestry of “nukketalo”, step by step
nukketalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish talo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | talo | house; building; farm, homestead |
| 2 | Ludian | taloi | farm; house |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | talo | farm, farmstead |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | talˀa- | — |
via Finnish nukke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nukke | doll; puppet |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |