Where does “odottelu” come from?

odottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish odotella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

odottelu (Finnish): waiting

Definitions

  1. waiting

Ancestry of “odottelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishodotellaTo wait about
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish odotella →