Where does “soitella” come from?

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

soitella (Finnish): to play for fun, in a light-hearted way, without paying too much attention to playing exactly right

Definitions

  1. to play for fun, in a light-hearted way, without paying too much attention to playing exactly right

Ancestry of “soitella”, step by step

soitella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soittaa

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

via Ingrian soittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansoittaasound

Words derived from “soitella”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →