Where does “piilotus” come from?

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

piilotus (Finnish): hiding act of hiding

Definitions

  1. hiding act of hiding

Ancestry of “piilotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiilottaato hide, conceal
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 →