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

Definitions

  1. To smoke

Ancestry of “savutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsavuttaaTo smoke, let/spread smoke in(to places unwanted}
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 →