Where does “onnittelu” come from?

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

onnittelu (Finnish): congratulation

Definitions

  1. congratulation

Ancestry of “onnittelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnitellato congratulate
2Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “onnittelu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →