Where does “pelottaa” come from?

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

pelottaa (Finnish): to be afraid, to be scared; to frighten, to be...

Definitions

  1. to be afraid, to be scared; to frighten, to be...

Ancestry of “pelottaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “pelottaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →