Where does “paalutus” come from?
paalutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish paaluttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
paalutus (Finnish): pile-driving
Definitions
- pile-driving
Ancestry of “paalutus”, step by step
paalutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paaluttaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paaluttaa | To drive piles into the ground, usually in order... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |