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Where does “oikutella” come from?

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

oikutella (Finnish): to act up

Definitions

  1. to act up

Ancestry of “oikutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “oikutella”

  • oikuttelu
  • oikuttelija
  • oikkuilija
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →