Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “pelotella” come from?

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

pelotella (Finnish): To intimidate; to browbeat, bully

Definitions

  1. To intimidate; to browbeat, bully

Ancestry of “pelotella”, 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- →