Where does “tomutus” come from?

tomutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tomutus (Finnish): dusting

Definitions

  1. dusting

Ancestry of “tomutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomuttaato dust
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 →