Where does “pillahtaa” come from?
pillahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish pillittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pillahtaa (Finnish): to burst out (crying)
Ancestry of “pillahtaa”, step by step
pillahtaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pillittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pillittää | to weep, cry (aloud) |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish ahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |