Where does “savutella” come from?
savutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish savuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
savutella (Finnish): To smoke
Ancestry of “savutella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | savuttaa | To smoke, let/spread smoke in(to places unwanted} |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |