Where does “pelotteleminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pelotteleminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpelotellaTo intimidate; to browbeat, bully
2Finnishpelottaato be afraid, to be scared; to frighten, to be...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →