Where does “pöntötys” come from?

pöntötys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöntöttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pöntötys (Finnish): mounting birdhouses

Definitions

  1. mounting birdhouses

Ancestry of “pöntötys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöntöttääto install birdhouses (in)
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 →