Where does “pillittäjä” come from?

pillittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pillittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pillittäjä (Finnish): one who cries repeatedly, crybaby

Definitions

  1. one who cries repeatedly, crybaby

Ancestry of “pillittäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpillittääto weep, cry (aloud)
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 →