Where does “piilottelu” come from?
piilottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish piilotella, from Finnish piilottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
piilottelu (Finnish): hiding, keeping hidden either for a long period of time or habitually
Definitions
- hiding, keeping hidden either for a long period of time or habitually
Ancestry of “piilottelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piilotella | to be in hiding, sneak, lurk, skulk, fly under the radar to go unnoticed |
| 2 | Finnish | piilottaa | to hide, conceal |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |