Where does “petkutus” come from?

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

petkutus (Finnish): hoax, spoof, cheat

Definitions

  1. hoax, spoof, cheat

Ancestry of “petkutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetkuttaato cheat, swindle, trick, hustle
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 →