Where does “pelkotila” come from?

pelkotila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

pelkotila (Finnish): state of fear, state of terror, state of anxiety

Definitions

  1. state of fear, state of terror, state of anxiety

Ancestry of “pelkotila”, step by step

pelkotila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish pelko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelkofear, dread
2Proto-Finnicpelkofear, dread
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →