Where does “silote” come from?

silote (Finnish) comes from Finnish silottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

silote (Finnish): spackle, filler

Definitions

  1. spackle, filler

Ancestry of “silote”, step by step

silote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilottaato smoothen, to even
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →