Where does “oikuttelu” come from?

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

oikuttelu (Finnish): whimsicality

Definitions

  1. whimsicality

Ancestry of “oikuttelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoikutellato act up
2Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →