Where does “pillitys” come from?

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

pillitys (Finnish): crying, weeping

Definitions

  1. crying, weeping

Ancestry of “pillitys”, 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 →