Where does “pelote” come from?
pelote (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pelote (Finnish): a deterrent
Definitions
- a deterrent
Ancestry of “pelote”, step by step
pelote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pelottaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pelottaa | to be afraid, to be scared; to frighten, to be... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | e | E note |