Where does “pelotin” come from?

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

pelotin (Finnish): Anything that scares or makes think twice, like a...

Definitions

  1. Anything that scares or makes think twice, like a...

Ancestry of “pelotin”, 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 →