Where does “silotus” come from?

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

silotus (Finnish): smoothing, smoothening, evening, flattening

Definitions

  1. smoothing, smoothening, evening, flattening

Ancestry of “silotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilottaato smoothen, to even
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 →