Where does “pöllytys” come from?

pöllytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöllyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pöllytys (Finnish): smoking, puffing

Definitions

  1. smoking, puffing

Ancestry of “pöllytys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöllyttääto smoke, to puff; to spank, to pull someone's...
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 →
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