Where does “soitella” come from?
soitella (Finnish) comes from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
soitella (Finnish): Frequentative form of the verb soittaa ; to play...
Definitions
- Frequentative form of the verb soittaa ; to play...
Ancestry of “soitella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |