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Where does “teloitus” come from?

teloitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish teloittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

teloitus (Finnish): execution

Definitions

  1. execution

Ancestry of “teloitus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteloittaato execute; to electrocute
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “teloitus”

  • sähköteloitus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →