Where does “täplittyä” come from?

täplittyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish täplittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

täplittyä (Finnish): to be speckled, to become speckled

Definitions

  1. to be speckled, to become speckled

Ancestry of “täplittyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäplittääto speckle, fleck
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 →