Where does “pöhötys” come from?

pöhötys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöhöttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pöhötys (Finnish): causing to bloat or swell

Definitions

  1. causing to bloat or swell

Ancestry of “pöhötys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöhöttääto cause to bloat or swell
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →