Where does “suolasirotin” come from?

suolasirotin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sirotin, from Finnish sirottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

suolasirotin (Finnish): salt shaker

Definitions

  1. salt shaker

Ancestry of “suolasirotin”, step by step

suolasirotin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirotin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirotinshaker; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishsirottaato scatter, spread, sprinkle
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →