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
Ancestry of “odottelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | odotella | To wait about |
| 2 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |