Where does “pörröttyä” come from?

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

pörröttyä (Finnish): to become fluffy

Definitions

  1. to become fluffy

Ancestry of “pörröttyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpörröttääto ruffle, to tousle, to dishevel
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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