Where does “pelota” come from?

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

pelota (Finnish): Indicative present connegative form of pelottaa;...

Definitions

  1. Indicative present connegative form of pelottaa;...

Ancestry of “pelota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelottaato be afraid, to be scared; to frighten, to be...
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 →