Where does “sellonsoitto” come from?

sellonsoitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitto, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

sellonsoitto (Finnish): playing cello

Definitions

  1. playing cello

Ancestry of “sellonsoitto”, step by step

sellonsoitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittomusic; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell
2Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish sello

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsellocello
2Swedishcellocello
3Italiancello
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-