Where does “pörröttää” come from?

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

pörröttää (Finnish): to ruffle, to tousle, to dishevel

Definitions

  1. to ruffle, to tousle, to dishevel

Ancestry of “pörröttää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “pörröttää”

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