Where does “soittonappula” come from?
soittonappula (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitto, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Ancestry of “soittonappula”, step by step
soittonappula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |