Where does “puhutella” come from?

puhutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

puhutella (Finnish): to accost to speak to first, to address, to speak to, to address

Definitions

  1. to accost to speak to first, to address, to speak to, to address

Ancestry of “puhutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhuttaato be discussed, to get people talking
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “puhutella”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →